Definition of take

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Take (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person..

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Spanker :: Spanker (n.) One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse..
Bare :: Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture..
Photograph :: Photograph (v. t.) To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group..
Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down..
Pervert :: Pervert (v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment..
Emprise :: Emprise (v. t.) To undertake.
Intake :: Intake (n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..
Unlade :: Unlade (v. t.) To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon..
Photosculpture :: Photosculpture (n.) A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition..
Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter..
Unhead :: Unhead (v. t.) To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask..
Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Divide :: Divide (v. i.) To have a share; to partake.
Skirting :: Skirting (n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts..
Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.
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