Rowe.
Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold.
Dryden.
To be taken aback, To take advantage of, To take air, etc. See under
Aback, Advantage, etc. — To take aim, to direct the eye or weapon; to
aim. — To take along, to carry, lead, or convey. — To take arms, to
commence war or hostilities. — To take away, to carry off; to remove;
to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away
the votes of bishops. "By your own law, I take your life away." Dryden.
— To take breath, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest;
to recruit or refresh one's self. — To take care, to exercise care or
vigilance; to be solicitous. "Doth God take care for oxen?" 1 Cor. ix.
9. — To take care of, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to
superintend or oversee. — To take down. (a) To reduce; to bring down,
as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to
bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or
the proud. "I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken
down." Goldsmith. (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion. (c) To
pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold.
(d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the
time he utters them. — To take effect, To take fire. See under Effect,
and Fire. — To take ground to the right or to the left (Mil.), to
extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right
or left. — To take heart, to gain confidence or courage; to be
encouraged. — To take heed, to be careful or cautious. "Take heed what
doom against yourself you give." Dryden. — To take heed to, to attend
with care, as, take heed to thy ways. — To take hold of, to seize; to
fix on. — To take horse, to mount and ride a horse. — To take in. (a)
To inclose; to fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to
comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail
or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to
deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will
take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]
For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in.
Chapman.
(g) To receive into the mind or understanding. "Some bright genius can
take in a long train of propositions." I. Watts. (h) To receive
regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] — To take
in hand. See under Hand. — To take in vain, to employ or utter as in an
oath. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." Ex.
xx. 7. — To take issue. See under Issue. — To take leave. See Leave,
n., 2. — To take a newspaper, magazine, or the like, to receive it
regularly, as on paying the price of subscription. — To take notice, to
observe, or to observe with particular attention. — To take notice of.
See under Notice. — To take oath, to swear with solemnity, or in a
judicial manner. — To take off. (a) To remove, as from the surface or
outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to
take off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a
limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to
invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw;
to call or draw away. Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of
wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade. "The Spaniards having no
commodities that we will take off." Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce.
"Take off all their models in wood." Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic;
to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars
than preferments can take off. [R.] Bacon. — To take on, to assume; to
take upon one's self; as, to take on a character or responsibility. —
To take one's own course, to act one's pleasure; to pursue the measures
of one's own choice. — To take order for. See under Order. — To take
order with, to check; to hinder; to repress. [Obs.] Bacon. — To take
orders. (a) To receive directions or commands. (b) (Eccl.) To enter
some grade of the ministry. See Order, n., 10. — To take out. (a) To
remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct. (b) To draw out; to
remove; to clear or cleanse from; as, to take out a stain or spot from
cloth. (c) To produce for one's self; as, to take out a patent. (d) To
put an end to; as, to take the conceit out of a man. (e) To escort; as,
to take out to dinner. — To take over, to undertake; to take the
management of. [Eng.] Cross (Life of G. Eliot). — To take part, to
share; as, they take part in our rejoicing. — To take part with, to
unite with; to join with. — To take place, root, sides, stock, etc. See
under Place, Root, Side, etc. — To take the air. (a) (Falconry) To seek
to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; — said of a bird.
(b) See under Air. — To take the field. (Mil.) See under Field. — To
take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous. Matt. vi.
25, 27. — To take to heart. See under Heart. — To take to task, to
reprove; to censure. — To take up. (a) To lift; to raise. Hood. (b) To
buy or borrow; as, to take up goods to a large amount; to take up money
at the bank. (c) To begin; as, to take up a lamentation. Ezek. xix. 1.
(d) To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to replace; as, to
take up raveled stitches; specifically (Surg.), to fasten with a
ligature. (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take up
the time; to take up a great deal of room. (f) To take permanently.
"Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . took up their rest
in the Christian religion." Addison. (g) To seize; to catch; to arrest;
as, to take up a thief; to take up vagabonds. (h) To admit; to believe;
to receive. [Obs.]
The ancients took up experiments upon credit.
Bacon.
(i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.
One of his relations took him up roundly.
L'Estrange.
(k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in continuous
succession.
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous
tale.
Addison.
(l) To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or manage; as, to
take up the quarrels of our neighbors; to take up current opinions.
"They take up our old trade of conquering." Dryden. (m) To comprise; to
include. "The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . takes up seven
years." Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of
assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. Ps. xxvii. 10. (o) To
collect; to exact, as a tax; to levy; as, to take up a contribution.
"Take up commodities upon our bills." Shak. (p) To pay and receive; as,
to take up a note at the bank. (q) (Mach.) To remove, as by an
adjustment of parts; as, to take up lost motion, as in a bearing; also,
to make tight, as by winding, or drawing; as, to take up slack thread
in sewing. (r) To make up; to compose; to settle; as, to take up a
quarrel. [Obs.] Shak. — To take up arms. Same as To take arms, above. —
To take upon one's self. (a) To assume; to undertake; as, he takes upon
himself to assert that the fact is capable of proof. (b) To appropriate
to one's self; to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's
self; as, to take upon one's self a punishment. — To take up the
gauntlet. See under Gauntlet.
Take (?), v. i. 1. To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the
natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was
inoculated, but the virus did not take. Shak.
When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
Bacon.
In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is
overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect.
Bacon.