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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. Took (t[oo^]k); p. p. Taken
(t[=a]k'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Taking.] [Icel. taka; akin to
Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan 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:
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(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.
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This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii.

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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.
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(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.

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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.
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(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.

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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.
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Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
--Dryden.
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(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]
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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.
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(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.

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Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore. --1 Tim. v.

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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.
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3. To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to
take a group or a scene. [Colloq.]
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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.]
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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.

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(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.]
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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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Took \Took\ (t[oo^]k),
imp. of Take.
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took [tuk]
genommen; nahm

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overtake


1. (took, taken) yetişmek

2. birden karşısma çıkmak.


mistake


1. (-took, -taken) yanlış anlamak

2. yanlışlıkla benzetmek, başkası zannetmek

3. yanlış telakki etmek veya görmek

4. yanılmak. mistaken for benzetilmiş, başka birisiyle karıştınlmış mistakable yanlış anlaşılabilir.


partake


1. (took, taken) katılmak, iştirak etmek

2. hissedar olmak, paylaşmak .partake of iştirak etmek (yemeğe)

3. çeşnisi olmak

4. mahiyetinde olmak.


take


1. (took, taken) almak

2. götürmek

3. kapmak

4. yakalamak, gasp etmek

5. tuzağa düşürmek

6. kazanmak

7. seçmek

8. satın almak

9. kiralamak

10. olmak

11. abone olmak

12. çıkarmak

13. uğramak

14. karşılamak

15. farz etmek, saymak

16. anlamak, kavramak

17. yapmak

18. faydalanmak

19. ile gitmek

20. duymak, hissetmek

21. tutmak

22. da yanmak

23. (argo) aldatmak, kandırmak

24. kenetlenmek

25. sin çevirmek. take aback şaşırtmak. take a beating dayak yemek

26. bozguna uğramak. take about gezdirmek. take a bow tebrikleri kabul etmek. take a breath nefes almak, dinlenmek. take account of hesaba almak veya katmak .take a chair oturmak. take a course ders almak

27. (den.) belirli bir yönde gitmek. take a dare meydan okumaya aldırış etmemek

28. meydan okuyana karşı koymak. take advantage of faydalanmak, istifade etmek

29. istismar etmek. take affront alınmak, darılmak .take after benzemek: yolunu tutmak, izinde yürümek. take aim nişan almak. take a joke şakadan anlamak, şakaya gelmek. take alarm korkmak. take along beraber götürmek. take amiss yanlış anlamak

30. darılmak. take an examination sınava girmek. take apart ayırmak, koparmak

31. soruşturmak. take a picture resim çekmek. take a powder (argo) toz olmak, tüymek. take arms silâha sarılmak. take a shot nişan almak

32. resim çekmek .take at one' word sözüne inanmak. take away alıp götürmek. take back geri almak .take care dikkat etmek, ihtiyatlı davranmak. take care of bakmak

33. rüşvet alarak halletmek

34. (argo) öldürmek. take caution against bir şeye karşı tedbir almak. take charge idaresini üzerine almak. take counsel danışmak

35. ölçünmek. take cover sığınmak. take dictation dikte almak. take down indirmek

36. sökmek, parçalara ayırmak

37. kibrini kırmak, alçaltmak

38. yazmak, kaydetmek, dikte almak. take effect yürürlüğe girmek, muteber olmak

39. tesir etmek. take fire tutuşmak, ateş almak, alevlenmek .take for diye almak, sanmak, zannetmek. take French leave izinsiz savuşmak. take from almak

40. çıkarmak. take from the table ertelenmiş bir tasarıyı yeniden ele almak. take heart yüreklenmek, cesaret almak, kuvvet almak .take heed kulak asmak, dinlemek, önem vermek. take hold tutmak, ele geçirmek, işi yürütmek. take in almak, içeriye almak

41. daraltmak

42. yelken sarmak

43. kapsamak

44. anlamak

45. (k. dili) aldatmak, yutturmak

46. (A.B.D.), (k. dili) gezmek, görmek. take in hand avuncunun içine almak, idaresini ele almak. take into account hesaba katmak. take into one' head tutturmak. take in tow yedeğe almak

47. yol göstermek. take in vain küfür etmek. take issue with aksi tarafı tutmak. take it anlamak

48. katlanmak, dayanmak. take it easy işin kolayına bakmak, aldırmamak. Take it easy ! Sakin ol ! take it hard çok etkilenmek. take it on the chin yenilmek

49. dayanmak. Take it or leave it ister al, ister alma. take it out in para yerine kabul etmek (mal) take it out on (A.B.D.), (k. dili) öfkesini birisinden çıkarmak, çatmak, hırsını çıkarmak. take kindly to hoşlanmak, hoşuna gitmek. take leave ayrılmak, gitmek. take lying down katlanmak, hazmetmek. take measures tedbir almak. Take my word for it Bana inanınız Sizi temin ederim. take notice of dikkat etmek, farkına varmak, ehemmiyet vermek. take oath yemin etmek, ant içmek. take occasion fırsattan faydalanmak. take off çıkarmak: kopya etmek

50. indirmek

51. ölümüne sebep olmak

52. (k. dili) taklit etmek

53. (uçak) havalanmak

54. (A.B.D.), (k. dili) kalkmak. take office göreve başlamak. take on ele almak

55. üstüne almak

56. vazife vermek, işe almak

57. (k. dili) sızlanmak. take one' fancy hoşuna gitmek. take one' life in one' hands kellesini koltuğuna almak. take out çıkarmak

58. çıkartmak

59. götürmek, eşlik etmek. take over teslim almak

60. idareyi elinde tutmak. take pains with çok uğraşmak, didinmek. take part katılmak, iştirak etmek. take place vaki olmak, vuku bulmak .take potluck Allah ne verdiyse beraber yemek. take possession kullanmak, sahip çıkmak. take pride gurur duymak. take root kökleşmek, tutmak. take shape şekil almak, teşekkül etmek. take sick hastalanmak. take sides taraf tutmak. take steps tedbir almak. take stock depo mevcudunu saymak, malın mevcudunu hesap etmek

61. hesaplamak. take the chair başkan olmak .take the field bir sahaya atılmak

62. savaşa başlamak. take the stage dikkati üzerine çekmek. take the veil rahibe olmak. take the wind out of one' sails (k. dili) öfkesini yatıştırmak, yelkenleri suya indirmek. take time vakit almak, vakit istemek. take to çare olarak kullanmak

63. alışmak

64. hoşlanmak. take to heart etkilenmek. take to one' heels tabanları kaldırmak, kaçmak. take to task azarlamak, paylamak . take up yukarı çekmek, kaldırmak

65. tutmak

66. üzerine almak, karışmak

67. poliçeyi ödemek

68. almak

69. (kıs.)altmak

70. başlamak

71. ele almak

72. kabul etmek .take up arms silâha sarılmak. take up the gauntlet meydan okumasını kabul etmek .take up with (k. dili) arkadaşlık kur- (mak.) take walks dolaşmak, gezmek, yürüyüşe çıkmak .take water su almak (gemi) Take your time Acele etmeyin. be taken with çok hoşuna gitmek. He has been taken from us Onu ölüm bizden ayırdı. I have taken your time Vaktinizi aldım Sizi meşgul ettim.


undertake


1. (-took, -taken) üzerine almak, yüklenmek, deruhde etmek

2. taahhüt etmek.



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