Definition of take

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Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

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Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Wear :: Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish..
Wed :: Wed (n.) To take to one's self and support; to espouse.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (v. i.) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once..
Notarial :: Notarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation..
Pillage :: Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..
Arriere-ban :: Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France..
Deblai :: Deblai (n.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken..
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.
Taking-off :: Taking-off (n.) Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance..
Pasturer :: Pasturer (n.) One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.
Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..
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..
Undertakable :: Undertakable (a.) Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
Seem :: Seem (a.) To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as..
Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..
Lessee :: Lessee (v. t.) The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease..
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