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taking
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taking
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taking
(encz) | taking,odběr Zdeněk Brož |
taking
(encz) | taking,odnětí Zdeněk Brož |
taking
(encz) | taking,uchvacující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
taking
(encz) | taking,vzetí Zdeněk Brož |
Taking
(gcide) | 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.]
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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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Taking
(gcide) | Taking \Tak"ing\, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
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Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
--Fuller.
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2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Taking
(gcide) | Taking \Tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure;
apprehension.
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2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]
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What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who
was in the basket! --Shak.
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3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] --Shak.
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taking
(wn) | taking
adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his
manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching,
taking, winning]
n 1: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the
pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"
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TAKING
(bouvier) | TAKING, crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without
removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carrying
away, to constitute the crime of larceny. (q.v.) And when the taking has
been legal, no subsequent act will make it a crime. 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 160.
2. The taking is either actual or constructive. The former is when the
thief takes, without any pretence of a contract, the property in question.
3. A constructive felonious taking occurs when, under pretence of a
contract, the thief obtains the felonious possession of goods; as, when
under the pretence of hiring, he had a felonious intention at the time of
the pretended contract, to convert the property to his own use. The court of
criminal sessions for the city and county of Philadelphia have decided that
in the case of a man who found a quantity of lumber, commonly called a raft,
floating on the river Delaware and fastened to the shore, and sold it, to
another person, at so low a price. as to enable the purchaser to remove it,
and did no other act himself, but afterwards the purchaser removed it, that
this was a taking by the thief, and he was actually convicted and sentenced
to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Hill's case, Aug. Sessions,
1838. It cannot be doubted, says Pothier, Contr. de Vente, n. 271, that by
selling and delivering a thing which he knows does not belong to him, the
party is guilty of theft.
4. When property is left through inadvertence with a person and he
conceals it animo furandi, he is guilty of a felonious taking and may be
convicted of larceny. 17 Wend. 460.
5. But when the owner parts with the property willingly, under an
agreement that he is never to receive the style identical property, the
taking is not felonious; as, when a person delivered to the defendant a
sovereign to get it changed, and the defendant never returned either with
the sovereign or the change, this was not larceny. 9 C. & P. 741. See 1
Moody, C. C. 179; Id. 185; 1 Hill. R. 94; 2 Bos. & P. 508; 2 East, P. C.
554; 1 Hawk. c. 33, s. 8; 1 Hale, P. C. 507; 3 Inst. 408; and Carrying away;
Finder; Invito Domino; Larceny; Robbery.
6. The wrongful taking of the personal property of another, when in his
actual possession, or such taking of the goods of another who, has the right
of immediate possession, subject the tort feasor to an action. For example,
such wrongful taking will be evidence of a conversion, and an action of
trover may be maintained. 2 Saund. 47, h.t.; 3 Willes, 55. Trespass is a
concurrent remedy in such a case. 3 Wils. 336. Replevin may be supported by
the unlawful taking of a personal chattel. 1 Chit. Pl. 158. Vide Bouv. Inst.
Index, h.t.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
stocktaking
(mass) | stocktaking
- inventúra |
undertaking
(mass) | undertaking
- podnikanie, závezok |
breathtaking
(encz) | breathtaking,dech beroucí adj: Pinobreathtaking,úchvatný adj: Zdeněk Brožbreathtaking,závratný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
breathtakingly
(encz) | breathtakingly,úžasně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
dangerous undertaking
(encz) | dangerous undertaking, n: |
deposit taking
(encz) | deposit taking, |
leave-taking
(encz) | leave-taking,loučení n: Zdeněk Brož |
lifetaking
(encz) | lifetaking, |
mistaking
(encz) | mistaking,záměna n: Zdeněk Brož |
overtaking
(encz) | overtaking,předjetí Zdeněk Brožovertaking,předjíždění n: Zdeněk Brož |
painstaking
(encz) | painstaking,přičinlivý adj: Martin Králpainstaking,usilovný adj: Martin Král |
painstakingly
(encz) | painstakingly,horlivě adv: Petr Prášekpainstakingly,pilně adv: Petr Prášekpainstakingly,snaživě adv: Petr Prášek |
painstakingness
(encz) | painstakingness, n: |
partaking
(encz) | partaking, |
picture taking
(encz) | picture taking, n: |
profit taking
(encz) | profit taking, |
profit-taking
(encz) | profit-taking, |
retaking
(encz) | retaking, |
staking
(encz) | staking,měkčení n: Zdeněk Brožstaking,vytyčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stocktaking
(encz) | stocktaking,inventarizace n: Zdeněk Brožstocktaking,inventura n: Zdeněk Brož |
taking apart
(encz) | taking apart, n: |
taking hold
(encz) | taking hold, n: |
taking into custody
(encz) | taking into custody, n: |
taking off
(encz) | taking off,svlékání |
taking over
(encz) | taking over, n: taking over,přejímka n: Zdeněk Brož |
taking possession
(encz) | taking possession, n: |
taking turns
(encz) | taking turns,střídání se n: Pino |
takings
(encz) | takings,tržba n: Nijel |
undertaking
(encz) | undertaking,podnikání n: Zdeněk Brožundertaking,pohřební služby Zdeněk Brožundertaking,závazek n: Zdeněk Brož |
taking care of business
(czen) | Taking Care of Business,TCB[zkr.] Taking Care of Business, Ya'll,TCBY[zkr.] |
Betaking
(gcide) | Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. Betook; p. p. Betaken; p. pr.
& vb. n. Betaking.] [Pref. be- + take.]
1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a
reflexive pronoun.
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They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
--Burke.
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The rest, in imitation, to like arms
Betook them. --Milton.
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Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton.
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3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
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Leave-taking
(gcide) | Leave-taking \Leave"-tak`ing\, n.
Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of
parting compliments. --Shak.
Syn: farewell, leave, parting.
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Mistaking
(gcide) | Mistake \Mis*take"\ (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p.
Mistook (m[i^]s*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Mistaken
(m[i^]s*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis-
+ take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend,
or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's
meaning. --Locke.
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My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak.
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3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one
person for another.
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A man may mistake the love of virtue for the
practice of it. --Johnson.
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4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character,
qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
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Mistake me not so much,
To think my poverty is treacherous. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Mistaking \Mis*tak"ing\, n.
An error; a mistake. --Shak.
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Mistakingly
(gcide) | Mistakingly \Mis*tak"ing*ly\, adv.
Erroneously.
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Nap-taking
(gcide) | Nap-taking \Nap"-tak`ing\, n.
A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. --Carew.
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Overtaking
(gcide) | Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p.
Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]
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1. To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion;
also, to catch up with and move ahead of.
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Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
good. --Gen. xliv.
4.
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He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser.
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2. Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as,
although out of school for half a year due to illness, the
student returned and overtook all the others to finish as
valedictorian.
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3. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
capture; to overcome.
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If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1
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I shall see
The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak.
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4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
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5. To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used
mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by
events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by
events.
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Painstaking
(gcide) | Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a.
Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking
men." --Harris.
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The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
performance. --Beau. & Fl.
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Partaking
(gcide) | Partake \Par*take"\ (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"), v. i. [imp. Partook
(p[aum]r*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Partaken (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Partaking.] [Part + take.]
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1. To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with
others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share;
as, to partake of a feast with others. "Brutes partake in
this faculty." --Locke.
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When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak.
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2. To have something of the properties, character, or office;
-- usually followed by of.
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The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes
partly of a judge, and partly of an
attorney-general. --Bacon.
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Side-taking
(gcide) | Side-taking \Side"-tak`ing\, n.
A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. --Bp.
Hall.
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Staking
(gcide) | Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staked (st[=a]kd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Staking.]
1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake
vines or plants.
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2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.
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3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
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I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.
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4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.
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Stock taking
(gcide) | Stock \Stock\ (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick;
akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw.
stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to
urge, thrust. Cf. Stokker, Stucco, and Tuck a rapier.]
1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
strong, firm part; the trunk.
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and
the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the
scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant. --Job xiv.
8,9.
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2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
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The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon.
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3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a
firm support; a post.
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All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven
shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or
metal, and in no case of brick. --Fuller.
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4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or
post; one who has little sense.
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Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks. --Shak.
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5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others
are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically:
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(a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle
or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular
piece of wood, which is an important part of several
forms of gun carriage.
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(b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in
boring; a bitstock; a brace.
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(c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which
constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the
plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
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(d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the
shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of
Anchor.
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(e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed,
or of the anvil itself.
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(f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for
cutting screws; a diestock.
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(g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer,
which was delivered to the person who had lent the
king money on account, as the evidence of
indebtedness. See Counterfoil. [Eng.]
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6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a
family; the progenitor of a family and his direct
descendants; lineage; family.
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And stand betwixt them made, when, severally,
All told their stock. --Chapman.
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Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock
From Dardanus. --Denham.
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7. (Finance) Money or capital which an individual or a firm
employs in business; fund; in the United States, the
capital of a bank or other company, in the form of
transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money
funded in government securities, called also {the public
funds}; in the plural, property consisting of shares in
joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a
government for its funded debt; -- so in the United
States, but in England the latter only are called
stocks, and the former shares.
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8. (Bookkeeping) Same as Stock account, below.
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9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a
merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in
a stock of provisions.
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Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden.
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10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or
raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep,
etc.; -- called also live stock.
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11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not
distributed to the players at the beginning of certain
games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from
afterward as occasion required; a bank.
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I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
--Beau. & Fl.
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12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]
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13. [Cf. Stocking.] A covering for the leg, or leg and
foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks
(stockings). [Obs.]
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With a linen stock on one leg. --Shak.
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14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a
silk stock.
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15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or
the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined
by way of punishment.
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He shall rest in my stocks. --Piers
Plowman.
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16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship
rests while building.
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17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls
and the front of buildings. [Eng.]
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18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola;
as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see
Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (Matthiola annua).
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19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large
cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore
deposited in limestone.
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20. A race or variety in a species.
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21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons
(see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
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22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight.
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23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and
soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc.,
extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.
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24. Raw material; that out of which something is
manufactured; as, paper stock.
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25. (Soap Making) A plain soap which is made into toilet soap
by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
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Bit stock. See Bitstock.
Dead stock (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and
produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live
stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10,
above.
Head stock. See Headstock.
Paper stock, rags and other material of which paper is
made.
Stock account (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's
ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or
stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or
contribution, the other side showing the amounts
withdrawn.
Stock car, a railway car for carrying cattle.
Stock company (Com.), an incorporated company the capital
of which is represented by marketable shares having a
certain equal par value.
Stock duck (Zool.), the mallard.
Stock exchange.
(a) The building or place where stocks are bought and
sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds
in stocks.
(b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and
transact business by certain recognized forms,
regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C.
Stock farmer, a farmer who makes it his business to rear
live stock.
Stock gillyflower (Bot.), the common stock. See Stock,
n., 18.
Stock gold, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard.
Stock in trade, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper;
the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds.
Stock list, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of
transactions, and of prices.
Stock lock, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached
to the face of a door.
Stock market.
(a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock
exchange.
(b) A market for live stock.
Stock pigeon. (Zool.) Same as Stockdove.
Stock purse.
(a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private
purse.
(b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company
or regiment, and applied to objects of common
interest. [Eng.]
Stock shave, a tool used by blockmakers.
Stock station, a place or district for rearing stock.
[Australia] --W. Howitt.
Stock tackle (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is
hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's
sides. --Totten.
Stock taking, an examination and inventory made of goods or
stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made
periodically.
Tail stock. See Tailstock.
To have something on the stock, to be at work at something.
To take stock, to take account of stock; to make an
inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens.
To take stock in.
(a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock
company.
(b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to
take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang]
To take stock of, to take account of the stock of; to take
an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard
to (something). [Eng.]
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At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take
stock of the results obtained by previous explorers
of the same field. --Leslie
Stephen.
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Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard;
provision.
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Taking
(gcide) | 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.]
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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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1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
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Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
--Fuller.
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2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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[1913 Webster]Taking \Tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure;
apprehension.
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2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]
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What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who
was in the basket! --Shak.
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3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Takingly
(gcide) | Taking \Tak"ing\, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
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Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
--Fuller.
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2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Takingness
(gcide) | Taking \Tak"ing\, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
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Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
--Fuller.
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2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Taking-off
(gcide) | Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
1. Removal; murder. See To take off
(c), under Take, v. t.
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The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
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2. (Print.) The removal of sheets from the press. [Eng.]
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3. Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.
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Undertaking
(gcide) | Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. Undertook; p. p.
Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Undertaking.] [Under + take.]
1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to
take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to
attempt.
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To second, or oppose, or undertake
The perilous attempt. --Milton.
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2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or
expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter
into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant;
to contract.
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I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden.
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And those two counties I will undertake
Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak.
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I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--Woodward.
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4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
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It is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --Shak.
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6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] "Who undertakes you
to your end." --Shak.
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Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Undertaking \Un`der*tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project
or business. --Hakluyt.
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2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project
which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an
enterprise.
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3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the
management of funerals.
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4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. --A. Trollope.
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breathtaking
(wn) | breathtaking
adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a
breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn:
breathless, breathtaking] |
dangerous undertaking
(wn) | dangerous undertaking
n 1: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
[syn: adventure, escapade, risky venture, {dangerous
undertaking}] |
leave-taking
(wn) | leave-taking
n 1: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long
farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet
sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking,
parting] |
mistaking
(wn) | mistaking
n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation
of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking
her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding,
mistaking] |
overtaking
(wn) | overtaking
n 1: going by something that is moving in order to get in front
of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of
every car on the road frightened me" [syn: passing,
overtaking] |
painstaking
(wn) | painstaking
adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand";
"painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
[syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous] |
painstakingly
(wn) | painstakingly
adv 1: in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a
waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of
selling" [syn: painstakingly, fastidiously] |
painstakingness
(wn) | painstakingness
n 1: the trait of being painstaking and careful [syn:
conscientiousness, painstakingness] [ant:
unconscientiousness] |
picture taking
(wn) | picture taking
n 1: the act of taking and printing photographs [syn:
photography, picture taking] |
retaking
(wn) | retaking
n 1: the act of taking something back [syn: recapture,
retaking] |
stock-taking
(wn) | stock-taking
n 1: reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook [syn:
stocktaking, stock-taking]
2: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is
missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn:
inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking] |
stocktaking
(wn) | stocktaking
n 1: reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook [syn:
stocktaking, stock-taking]
2: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is
missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn:
inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking] |
taking apart
(wn) | taking apart
n 1: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn:
dismemberment, taking apart] |
taking hold
(wn) | taking hold
n 1: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing,
prehension] |
taking into custody
(wn) | taking into custody
n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar" [syn: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar,
pinch, taking into custody] |
taking over
(wn) | taking over
n 1: acquisition of property by descent or by will [syn:
succession, taking over] |
takings
(wn) | takings
n 1: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
sale of land or other property; "the average return was
about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings,
proceeds, yield, payoff] |
undertaking
(wn) | undertaking
n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking,
project, task, labor]
2: the trade of a funeral director |
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