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To take to
(gcide) | 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.
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When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
--Bacon.
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In impressions from mind to mind, the impression
taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any
manifest effect. --Bacon.
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2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
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Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,
And hint he writ it, if the thing should take.
--Addison.
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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.
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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.
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To take to heart
(gcide) | Heart \Heart\ (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS.
heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza,
G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha['i]rt[=o], Lith.
szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi`a,
kh^r. [root]277. Cf. Accord, Discord, Cordial, 4th
Core, Courage.]
1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
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Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak.
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Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is
four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being
completely separated from the left auricle and
ventricle; and the blood flows from the systemic veins
to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle,
from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to
the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle,
from which it is driven into the systemic arteries. See
Illust. under Aorta. In fishes there are but one
auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from
the ventricle through the gills to the system, and
thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and
reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or
complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are
separated more or less completely. The so-called lymph
hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds,
are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the
veins.
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2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively
or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the
like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; --
usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the
better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all
our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and
character; the moral affections and character itself; the
individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender,
loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
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Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson.
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3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and
within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or
system; the source of life and motion in any organization;
the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of
energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country,
of a tree, etc.
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Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak.
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Peace subsisting at the heart
Of endless agitation. --Wordsworth.
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4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
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Eve, recovering heart, replied. --Milton.
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The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly
from one country invade another. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile
production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
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That the spent earth may gather heart again.
--Dryden.
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6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a
roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point
at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation,
-- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
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7. One of the suits of playing cards, distinguished by the
figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
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8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
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And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak.
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9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. "I
speak to thee, my heart." --Shak.
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Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need
no special explanation; as, heart-appalling,
heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled,
heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened,
heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-sore,
heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing,
heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
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After one's own heart, conforming with one's inmost
approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.
--1 Sam. xiii.
14.
At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at
bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
By heart, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to
know or learn by heart. "Composing songs, for fools to get
by heart" (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn
thoroughly). --Pope.
to learn by heart, to memorize.
For my heart, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.]
"I could not get him for my heart to do it." --Shak.
Heart bond (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone
stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the
middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid
header fashion. --Knight.
Heart and hand, with enthusiastic co["o]peration.
Heart hardness, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling;
moral insensibility. --Shak.
Heart heaviness, depression of spirits. --Shak.
Heart point (Her.), the fess point. See Escutcheon.
Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
Heart shell (Zool.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus
Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell;
esp., the European Isocardia cor; -- called also {heart
cockle}.
Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits.
Heart and soul, with the utmost earnestness.
Heart urchin (Zool.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea
urchin. See Spatangoid.
Heart wheel, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam.
In good heart, in good courage; in good hope.
Out of heart, discouraged.
Poor heart, an exclamation of pity.
To break the heart of.
(a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be
utterly cast down by sorrow.
(b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly;
-- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the
heart of the task.
To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. "I could
find in my heart to ask your pardon." --Sir P. Sidney.
To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly.
To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to
do.
To have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened.
To lose heart, to become discouraged.
To lose one's heart, to fall in love.
To set the heart at rest, to put one's self at ease.
To set the heart upon, to fix the desires on; to long for
earnestly; to be very fond of.
To take heart of grace, to take courage.
To take to heart, to grieve over.
To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, to expose one's
feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
With all one's heart, With one's whole heart, very
earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.
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To take to task
(gcide) | Task \Task\ (t[.a]sk), n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[^a]che,
for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise,
estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]
1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite
quantity or amount.
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Ma task of servile toil. --Milton.
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Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close. --Longfellow.
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2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
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His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
--Atterbury.
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To take to task. See under Take.
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Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery;
study; lesson; stint.
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To take to the heels
(gcide) | Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for
h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D.
hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw.
h[aum]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. Inculcate.]
1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; --
in man or quadrupeds.
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He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then
his speed,
His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham.
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2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a
shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting
downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or
shoe.
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3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or
concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." --A. Trollope. "The
heel of the white loaf." --Sir W. Scott.
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4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
protuberance; a knob.
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5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human
heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests;
especially:
(a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel.
(b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit,
the sternpost, etc.
(c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is
upwards in the firing position.
(d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword,
next to the hilt.
(e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the
heel of a scythe.
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6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred
heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
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7. (Arch.)
(a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or
rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse
angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
(b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt.
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8. (Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the
shaft.
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9. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the
cylinder.
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Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap
around the heel of the jib boom.
Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun.
Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7.
Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the
snath.
Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.)
To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard;
as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway.
To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight.
To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn
out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak.
To cool the heels. See under Cool.
To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the
heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or
rash, manner.
To have the heels of, to outrun.
To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison.
--Shak. --Addison.
To show the heels, to flee; to run from.
To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight.
To throw up another's heels, to trip him. --Bunyan.
To tread upon one's heels, to follow closely. --Shak.
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To take to the road
(gcide) | Road \Road\ (r[=o]), n. [AS. r[=a]d a riding, that on which one
rides or travels, a road, fr. r[imac]dan to ride. See Ride,
and cf. Raid.]
1. A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.]
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With easy roads he came to Leicester. --Shak.
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2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage
for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel,
forming a means of communication between one city, town,
or place, and another.
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The most villainous house in all the London road.
--Shak.
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Note: The word is generally applied to highways, and as a
generic term it includes highway, street, and lane.
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4. [Possibly akin to Icel. rei[eth]i the rigging of a ship,
E. ready.] A place where ships may ride at anchor at some
distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the
plural; as, Hampton Roads. --Shak.
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Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners,
For we be come unto a quiet rode [road]. --Spenser.
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On the road, or Uponthe road, traveling or passing over a
road; coming or going; traveling; on the way.
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My hat and wig will soon be here,
They are upon the road. --Cowper.
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Road agent, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of
the unsettled western parts of the United States; -- a
humorous euphemism. [Western U.S.]
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The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly
called. --The century.
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Road book, a guidebook in respect to roads and distances.
road kill See roadkill in the vocabulary.
Road metal, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads.
Road roller, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers,
for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and
compact. -- often driven by steam.
Road runner (Zool.), the chaparral cock.
Road steamer, a locomotive engine adapted to running on
common roads.
To go on the road, to engage in the business of a
commercial traveler. [Colloq.]
To take the road, to begin or engage in traveling.
To take to the road, to engage in robbery upon the
highways.
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Syn: Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage;
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To take to wife
(gcide) | Wife \Wife\, n.; pl. Wives. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries.
& OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[imac]b, Icel. v[imac]f,
Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated,
inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate.
Cf. Tacitus, [" Germania" 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum
aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum
aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. Hussy a jade,
Woman.]
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1. A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only
in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife,
goodwife, and the like. " Both men and wives." --Piers
Plowman.
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On the green he saw sitting a wife. --Chaucer.
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2. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a
man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married
woman; -- correlative of husband. " The husband of one
wife." --1 Tin. iii. 2.
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Let every one you . . . so love his wife even as
himself, and the wife see that she reverence her
husband. --Eph. v. 33.
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To give to wife, To take to wife, to give or take (a
woman) in marriage.
Wife's equity (Law), the equitable right or claim of a
married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by
way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in
action, or out of any property of hers which is under the
jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of
herself and her children. --Burrill.
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