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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
take \take\ t=ak, obs. p. p. of take.
   taken. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
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see also:
take 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
take \take\, v. t. imp. took too^k; p. p. taken
   t=ak'n; p. pr.  vb. n. taking. icel. taka; akin to
   sw. taga, dan. tage, goth. t=ekan to touch; of uncertain
   origin.
   1. in an active sense; to lay hold of; to seize with the
      hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or
      possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to
      convey. hence, specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a 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 an 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.
          1913 webster

                this man was taken of the jews.   --acts xxiii.
                                                  27.
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                men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
                not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
                                                  --pope.
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                they that come abroad after these showers are
                commonly taken with sickness.     --bacon.
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                there he blasts the tree and takes the cattle
                and makes milch kine yield blood. --shak.
          1913 webster
      b to gain or secure the interest or affection of; to
          captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
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                neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
                                                  --prov. vi.
                                                  25.
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                cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,
                that he had no patience.          --wake.
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                i know not why, but there was a something in
                those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very
                shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --
                which took me more than all the outshining
                loveliness of her companions.     --moore.
          1913 webster
      c to make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to
          have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
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                saul said, cast lots between me and jonathan my
                son. and jonathan was taken.      --1 sam. xiv.
                                                  42.
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                the violence of storming is the course which god
                is forced to take for the destroying . . . of
                sinners.                          --hammond.
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      d to employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
          require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat; it
          takes five hours to get to boston from new york by
          car.
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                this man always takes time . . . before he
                passes his judgments.             --i. watts.
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      e to form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to
          picture; as, to take a picture of a person.
          1913 webster

                beauty alone could beauty take so right.
                                                  --dryden.
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      f to draw; to deduce; to derive. r.
          1913 webster

                the firm belief of a future judgment is the most
                forcible motive to a good life, because taken
                from this consideration of the most lasting
                happiness and misery.             --tillotson.
          1913 webster
      g to assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit
          to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to;
          to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest,
          revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a
          resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a
          following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as,
          to take a resolution; i take the liberty to say.
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      h to lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
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      i to carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand
          over; as, he took the book to the bindery; he took a
          dictionary with him.
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                he took me certain gold, i wot it well.
                                                  --chaucer.
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      k to remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,
          to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
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   2. in a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to
      endure; to acknowledge; to accept. specifically: 
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      a to accept, as something offered; to receive; not to
          refuse or reject; to admit.
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                ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
                murderer.                         --num. xxxv.
                                                  31.
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                let not a widow be taken into the number under
                threescore.                       --1 tim. v.
                                                  10.
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      b to receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to
          partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
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      c not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to
          clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
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      d to bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to;
          to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will
          take an affront from no man.
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      e to admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to
          dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought;
          to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret;
          to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as,
          to take a thing for granted; this i take to be man's
          motive; to take men for spies.
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                you take me right.                --bacon.
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                charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing
                else but the science love of god and our
                neighbor.                         --wake.
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                he took that for virtue and affection which
                was nothing but vice in a disguise. --south.
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                you'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.
                                                  --tate.
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      f to accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept;
          to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with;
          -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or
          shape.
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                i take thee at thy word.          --rowe.
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                yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .
                not take the mold.                --dryden.
          1913 webster

   3. to make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to
      take a group or a scene. colloq.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   4. to give or deliver a blow to; to strike; hit; as, he
      took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head. obs.
      exc. slang or dial.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   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 take ground 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.
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                for now troy's broad-wayed town
                he shall take in.                 --chapman.
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      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 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.

   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.
          1913 webster

                the ancients took up experiments upon credit.
                                                  --bacon.
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      i to answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.
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                one of his relations took him up roundly.
                                                  --l'estrange.
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      k to begin where another left off; to keep up in
          continuous succession; to take up a topic, an
          activity.
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                soon as the evening shades prevail,
                the moon takes up the wondrous tale. --addison.
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      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. -- s to accept from someone,
          as a wager or a challenge; as, j. took m. up on his
          challenge.

   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.
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see also:
took taken taking to be taken aback to take advantage of to take air 
aback advantage to take aim to take along to take arms 
to take away to take breath to take care to take care of to take down 
to take effect to take fire effect fire to take ground to the right 
to take ground to the left to take heart to take heed to take heed to to take hold of 
to take horse to take in to take in hand hand to take in vain 
to take issue issue to take leave leave to take a newspaper 
magazine to take notice to take notice of notice to take oath 
to take on to take one's own course to take order for order to take order with 
to take orders to take out to take up to take up arms to take upon one's self 
to take up the gauntlet gauntlet 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
take \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.
      1913 webster

            when flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            in impressions from mind to mind, the impression
            taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any
            manifest effect.                      --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to please; to gain reception; to succeed.
      1913 webster

            each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,
            and hint he writ it, if the thing should take.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. to admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his
      face does not take well.
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   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
to take after to take in with to take on to take to to take up to take up with 
to take with 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
take \take\, n.
   1. that which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured
      at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected
      during one event; as, the box-office take.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. print. the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one
      time.
      1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
take
     n 1: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
          return was about 5" syn: return, issue, proceeds,
           takings, yield, payoff
     2: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without
        interruption
     v 1: carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
     2: as of time or space; "it took three hours to get to work
        this morning"; "this event occupied a very short time"
        syn: occupy, use up
     3: take somebody somewhere; "we lead him to our chief"; "can
        you take me to the main entrance?"; "he conducted us to
        the palace" syn: lead, direct, conduct, guide
     4: get into one's hands, take physically; "take a cookie";
        "can you take this bag, please" syn: get hold of
     5: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "his voice
        took on a sad tone"; "the story took a new turn"; "he
        adopted an air of superiority"; "she assumed strange
        manners"; "the gods assume human or animal form in these
        fables" syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on
     6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular
        meaning or impression; "i read this address as a satire";
        "how should i take this message?"; "you can't take credit
        for this" syn: read
     7: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "bring me
        the box from the other room"; "take these letters to the
        boss"; "this brings me to the main point" syn: bring, convey
     8: take into one's possession; "we are taking an orphan from
        romania"; "i'll take three salmon steaks" ant: give
     9: require as useful, just, or proper; "it takes nerve to do
        what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "this
        job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "this position
        demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "this dinner calls
        for a spectacular dessert"; "this intervention does not
        postulates a patient's consent" syn: necessitate, ask,
         postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
        ant: obviate
     10: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;
         "take any one of these cards"; "choose a good husband for
         your daughter"; "she selected a pair of shoes from among
         the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" syn: choose, select,
          pick out
     11: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation,
         or a certain route; "he takes the bus to work"; "she
         takes route 1 to newark"
     12: receive willingly something given or offered; "the only girl
         who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "i won't
         have this dog in my house"; "please accept my present"
         syn: accept, have ant: refuse
     13: assume, as of positions or roles; "she took the job as
         director of development" syn: fill
     14: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "take the
         case of china"; "consider the following case" syn: consider,
          deal, look at
     15: experience or feel or submit to; "take a test"; "take the
         plunge"
     16: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene";
         "shoot a movie" syn: film, shoot
     17: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking
         off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a
         threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "remove the dirty dishes
         from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "this
         machine withdraws heat from the environment" syn: remove,
          take away, withdraw
     18: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "have another bowl
         of chicken soup"; "i don't take sugar in my coffee"
         syn: consume, ingest, take in, have ant: abstain
     19: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "we took a pay cut"
         syn: undergo, submit
     20: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
         an opportunity" syn: accept
     21: take by force; "hitler took the baltic republics"; "the army
         took the fort on the hill"
     22: occupy or take on; "he assumes the lotus position"; "she
         took her seat on the stage"; "we took our seats in the
         orchestra"; "she took up her position behind the tree";
         "strike a pose" syn: assume, strike, take up
     23: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
         graduate study"; "we'll have to vote on whether or not to
         admit a new member" syn: accept, admit, take on
     24:  ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a
         reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "a reading was taken
         of the earth's tremors"
     25: be a student of a certain subject; "she is reading for the
         bar exam" syn: learn, study, read
     26: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
         affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "the hard
         work took its toll on her" syn: claim, exact
     27: head into a specified direction; "the escaped convict took
         to the hills"; "we made for the mountains" syn: make
     28: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
         photographic equipment; "please don't aim at your little
         brother"; "he trained his gun on the burglar"; "don't
         train your camera on the women"; "take a swipe at one's
         opponent" syn: aim, train, take aim, direct
     29: be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be
         taken drunk"
     30: have with oneself; have on one's person; "she always takes
         an umbrella"; "i always carry money"; "she packs a gun
         when she goes into the mountains" syn: carry, pack
     31: engage for service under a term of contract; "we took an
         apartment on a quiet street"; "let's rent a car"; "shall
         we take a guide in rome?" syn: lease, rent, hire,
         charter, engage
     32: receive or obtain by regular payment; "we take the times
         every day" syn: subscribe, subscribe to
     33: buy, select; "i'll take a pound of that sausage"
     34: to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort;
         "take shelter from the storm"
     35: have sex with; archaic use; "he had taken this woman when
         she was most vulnerable" syn: have
     36: lay claim to; as of an idea; "she took credit for the whole
         idea" syn: claim ant: disclaim
     37: be designed to hold or take; "this surface will not take the
         dye" syn: accept
     38: be capable of holding or containing; "this box won't take
         all the items"; "the flask holds one gallon" syn: contain,
          hold
     39: develop a habit; "he took to visiting bars"
     40: proceed along in a vehicle; "we drive the turnpike to work"
         syn: drive
     41: obtain by winning; "winner takes all"; "he took first prize"
     42: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "he
         got aids"; "she came down with pneumonia"; "she took a
         chill" syn: contract, get
     also: took, taken
see also:
return issue proceeds takings yield payoff 
occupy use up lead direct conduct 
guide get hold of assume acquire adopt 
take on read bring convey give 
necessitate ask postulate need require 
involve call for demand obviate choose 
select pick out accept have refuse 
fill consider deal look at film 
shoot remove take away withdraw consume 
ingest take in abstain undergo submit 
strike take up admit learn study 
claim exact make aim train 
take aim carry pack lease rent 
hire charter engage subscribe subscribe to 
disclaim contain hold drive contract 
get took taken 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
739 moby thesaurus words for "take":
   od, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept,
   accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire,
   act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure,
   and, annex, annihilate, apply, appreciate, apprehend, appropriate,
   arrogate, ask, assault sexually, assent, assimilate, assume,
   astonish, astound, attract, avails, bag, bamboozle, be afraid,
   be agreeable, be blooded, be brought down, be felled, be seized of,
   be struck down, be successful, be traumatized, be with one, bear,
   bear with, beard, beat, beat it, become airborne, behave, believe,
   belittle, bewitch, bilk, blackmail, blast off, blaze, blaze up,
   blink at, board, bolt, boodle, book, boom shot, boost, booty,
   borrow, box office, brave, break bread, break out, bring, bring up,
   brook, burlesque, burn, burst into flame, buy, call for,
   capital gains, captivate, capture, caricature, carry, carry away,
   carry off, carry on, cart, catch, catch cold, catch fire, catch on,
   catch on fire, catch up, challenge, charm, chase, cheat, choose,
   chouse, chronicle, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, cleanup,
   clear, clear profit, clench, click, clinch, close-up, clutch,
   collapse, collar, combust, come by, come down with, come in for,
   come into, come off, commandeer, commissions, compass, comply,
   comprehend, comprise, con, conceive, conclude, condone, conduct,
   confiscate, connect, connive at, consent, consider, construe,
   consume, contain, contend against, continue, contract, convey,
   convoy, cop, copy, corral, count calories, court, cover, cozen,
   crave, credit, credits, crib, crook, cull, daresay, deal with,
   debase, decamp, deceive, deduce, deduct, deem, define, deflate,
   deflorate, deflower, defraud, degrade, deliver, demand, depart,
   deprecate, depreciate, derive, derive from, describe, deuce shot,
   devirginate, devour, diagnose, diddle, diet, dig, digest, diminish,
   disavow, discard, discount, disgrace, disparage, disposable income,
   disregard, dividend, dividends, divine, do, do the trick, document,
   doff, down, drag down, drain off, draw, draw back, draw from,
   draw off, dream, drink, dupe, earn, earned income, earnings, eat,
   effect, elect, embezzle, embrace, employ, enchant, encompass, end,
   endure, engage, enlist, enmesh, ensnare, entail, entangle,
   enter into possession, entertain, entrap, erupt, escort, espouse,
   establish, esteem, estimate, exact, expect, experience, express,
   expropriate, extort, extract, face, face the music, fall to, fancy,
   fare, farewell, fascinate, fathom, favor, feed, feed on, feel,
   ferry, fever, fiddle, fight, filch, fill up, filthy lucre, fit in,
   flame, flimflam, fly, fly off, follow, follow-focus shot, fool,
   foul, freight, full shot, function, gain, gains, gate,
   gate receipts, gather, get, get hold of, get the drift,
   get the idea, get the picture, gettings, gleanings, glom on to, go,
   go along with, go away, go great guns, go into shock, go off,
   go on with, go over, go over big, go through, go to town,
   gobble up, grab, grab hold of, graduate, graft, grant, grapple,
   grasp, grip, gripe, gross, gross income, gross profit,
   gross receipts, group shot, guess, guide, gull, gulp down, gyp,
   hack, handle, harpoon, harrow, harvest, haul, have, have a hunch,
   have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have coming in,
   have it taped, have recourse to, have the idea, hire, hit the road,
   hoard, hold, hold as, hoodwink, hook, hot goods, hug, humble,
   humiliate, hunger, ignore, imagine, imbibe, imitate, implicate,
   imply, impose upon, include, income, infer, infringe, ingest,
   inhale, inherit, intake, interest, interpret, involve, judge, ken,
   kill, killing, kinescope, knock off, knock under, know,
   knuckle down, knuckle under, lampoon, land, lasso, lay hands on,
   lay hold of, lead, lead to, learn, lease, leave, leave unavenged,
   let, let be, let in, let it go, liberate, lift, lift off, like,
   live with it, lodge, long shot, look like, look upon as, loot,
   lower, lucre, lug, lure, magnetize, maintain, make, make a hit,
   make allowances for, make for, make off with, make use of, makings,
   manhandle, mark, master, matte shot, meal, medium shot,
   meet with success, mesh, mimic, misappropriate, mock,
   motion picture, mulct, nab, nail, neat profit, necessitate, need,
   net, net income, net profit, net receipts, nick, nip, nip up,
   noose, not resist, note, obey, obtain, occupy, operate, opine,
   oppose, opt for, output, overcharge, overdose, overhaul, overlook,
   overtake, pack, palm, pan shot, panoramic shot, paper profits,
   parody, partake, partake of, pass, pass over, peculate, peel off,
   pelf, perceive, percentage, perform, perk, perks, perquisite, pick,
   pick up, pickings, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, pitch in,
   plagiarize, play, plunder, poach, pocket, pocket the affront,
   pork barrel, possess, possess sexually, preempt, prefer, prefigure,
   prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, prevail, prize, proceeds,
   process shot, procure, produce, profit, profits, prosper,
   provisionally accept, public till, public trough, pull down,
   purchase, purloin, pursue, put down, put forth, put in writing,
   put into effect, put up with, quaff, qualify, quarter, raise,
   rake-off, rap shot, rape, ravish, reach, react, read, read into,
   realize, reap, recant, receipt, receipts, receivables, receive,
   reckon, record, regard, regard with indulgence, relent, relish,
   remind one of, remove, rent, repudiate, repute, require, resemble,
   reserve, resign, resort to, resume, retain, retake, retract,
   return, returns, revenue, rip off, rival, rob, rope, royalties,
   run a temperature, run after, run away with, run for, rustle, sack,
   satirize, savor, savvy, say, score, scram, scrounge, secure, see,
   seize, seize the meaning, seizure, select, send up, sense,
   sequester, serve, set down, set down as, shame, shock, shoplift,
   shot, sicken, simulate, single out, skedaddle, snag, snap up,
   snare, snatch, sniggle, snitch, spear, split, spoil, spoils,
   spoils of office, sponsor, spoof, squeeze, stand, startle, steal,
   stealings, stick, stolen goods, stomach, store, strike, strip off,
   study, submit, submit to, subsume, subtract, succeed, succumb,
   suffer, support, suppose, surmise, surprise, survive, suspect,
   swag, swallow, swallow an insult, swallow it, swallow the pill,
   swindle, swipe, tackle, take aback, take after, take away,
   take back, take by assault, take by storm, take down, take effect,
   take for, take for granted, take from, take hold, take hold of,
   take ill, take in, take it, take it that, take off, take on,
   take out, take over, take possession, take possession of, take to,
   take to be, take to mean, take up, take-in, takings, tangle,
   tangle up with, taste, terminate, thieve, think, till, tolerate,
   torment, tote, transcribe, transport, trap, travel shot, travesty,
   treat, trick, trow, trucking shot, turn aside provocation, turn to,
   undergo, understand, understand by, undertake, unearned income,
   use, use up, vie with, view as, violate, voice, waft,
   walk off with, wealth, weather, ween, whip up, whisk, wile, win,
   wing, wink at, winnings, wipe out, withdraw, withstand, wolf, woo,
   work, work well, work wonders, write down, yield, zoom shot




[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
take. this is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, 
a devisee will take under the will. to take also signifies to seize, as to 
take and carry away. 



[8] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
take, v.t.  to acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.




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