Definition of take

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Take (v. t.) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.

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Disembowel :: Disembowel (v. t.) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider..
Untile :: Untile (v. t.) To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure..
Pull :: Pull (n.) The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug..
Consult :: Consult (v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Troll :: Troll (v. i.) To take part in trolling a song.
Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
Personable :: Personable (a.) Having capacity to take anything granted.
Red-handed :: Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed..
Messenger :: Messenger (n.) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent..
Model :: Model (a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband..
Equation :: Equation (n.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit..
Lump :: Lump (v. i.) To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
Beneme :: Beneme (v. t.) To deprive (of), or take away (from)..
Inform :: Inform (v. t.) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
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