Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And hint he writ it, if
the thing should take.
Addison.
3. To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to
proceed; to go; — usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed,
took to the hedge.
4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does
not take well.
To take after. (a) To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he
takes after a good pattern. (b) To resemble; as, the son takes after
his father. — To take in with, to resort to. [Obs.] Bacon. — To take
on, to be violently affected; to express grief or pain in a violent
manner. — To take to. (a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to
become attached to; as, to take to evil practices. "If he does but take
to you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him." Walpole.
(b) To resort to; to betake one's self to. "Men of learning, who take
to business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of
the world." Addison. — To take up. (a) To stop. [Obs.] "Sinners at last
take up and settle in a contempt of religion." Tillotson. (b) To
reform. [Obs.] Locke. — To take up with. (a) To be contended to
receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with; as, to take up
with plain fare. "In affairs which may have an extensive influence on
our future happiness, we should not take up with probabilities." I.
Watts. (b) To lodge with; to dwell with. [Obs.] L'Estrange. — To take
with, to please. Bacon.
Take, n. 1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish
captured at one haul or catch.