Definition of take

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Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..

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Misclaim :: Misclaim (n.) A mistaken claim.
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp..
Presbyterianism :: Presbyterianism (n.) That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively..
Grand :: Grand (superl.) Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake..
Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt..
Single :: Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
Suboval :: Suborner (n.) One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To take or seize; to take hold of.
Broker :: Broker (v. t.) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own..
Accepter :: Accepter (n.) A person who accepts; a taker.
Muss :: Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle..
Miscopy :: Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..
Horse :: Horse (v. t.) To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer..
Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims..
Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..
Craft :: Craft (n.) Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers..
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