| • | Taken. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 am 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. |
| • | To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to
captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. |
| • | To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have
recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. |
| • | To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. |
| • | To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture;
as, to take picture of a person. |
| • | To draw; to deduce; to derive. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. |
| • | To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over;
as, he took the book to the bindery. |
| • | To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to
take the breath from one; to take two from four. |
| • | In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to
endure; to acknowledge; to accept. |
| • | To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse
or reject; to admit. |
| • | To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake
of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. |
| • | Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear;
as, to take a hedge or fence. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To please; to gain reception; to succeed. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his
face does not take well. |
| • | That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish
captured at one haul or catch. |
| • | The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. |
Here is the answer for the: Seize crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on November 14 2024 Eugene Sheffer Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Seize has a total of 4 letters.