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Definition of take

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Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

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Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..

Betook :: Betook () imp. of Betake.

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of..

Closereefed :: Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Red-handed :: Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed..

Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..

Fixture :: Fixture (n.) That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

Uncover :: Uncover (v. t.) To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body..

Exception :: Exception (n.) That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions..

Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer..

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

Compounder :: Compounder (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement..

Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

Captive :: Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire..

Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.

Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..