Definition of take

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Take (v. i.) To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

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Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game..
Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
News :: News (n) A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence..
Take :: Take (v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well..
Sup :: Sup (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip..
Undeceive :: Undeceive (v. t.) To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake..
Uninterested :: Uninterested (a.) Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business..
Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games..
Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..
Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..
Painstaker :: Painstaker (n.) One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.
Which :: Which (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1..
Split :: Split (n.) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
Principal :: Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant..
Gut :: Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat..
See :: See (v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house..
Wean :: Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment..
Role :: Role (n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist..
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