take (2 see also TAKING vbl. sb. and ppl. adj.)
1.
to
strike
R3 I. iv. 160
“ him
over the costard with the hilts”
; with double obj. to give (a person a blow)
Meas. II. i. 194, Shr. III. ii. 166, Tw.N. II. v. 76,
H5 IV. i. 234
“I will take thee a box
on the ear.”
2.
to strike with
disease
Wiv. IV. iv. 33
“he blasts the tree, and
t-s the cattle,”
Ant. IV. ii. 37
“Now, the witch
me”
; absol.
Ham. I. i. 163
“then no planets strike,
No fairy takes”
(Ff “talk(e)s”).
3.
to catch, meet, find
Err. III. ii. 174, H5 IV. i. 239.
4.
“
(it) on” one's “death, honour, salvation,” give a
strong assurance, affirm vehemently Wiv. II. ii. 13, John I. i. 110, R2 V. iii. 11, 1H4 II. iv. 9, V. iv. 154.
5.
“
on” or “upon” oneself, besides mod. senses of ‘undertake’ and ‘assume’, means
(i) profess, pretend
Err. V. i. 243
“took on him as a
conjurer,”
2H4 IV. i. 60
“I not on me here as
a physician,”
Cym. V. iv. 185
“be directed by some
that upon
them to know”
; make believe
Troil. I. ii. 151
“she t-s upon her to spy
a white hair on his chin”
; pretend to know
Lr. V. iii. 16
“ upon's the
mystery of things”
; (ii) assume lofty airs Shr. III. ii. 217, IV. ii. 109, 1H6 I. ii. 71.
6.
to assume, pretend
Ham. II. i. 13
“Take you . . . some
distant knowledge of him.”
7.
to repair to (a
place) for refuge
Err. V. i. 36
“for God's sake, take a
house!,”
94,
Troil. V. iv. 21
“Fly not; for shouldst
thou the
river Styx, I would swim after.”
8.
refl. or intr. to
have recourse, betake oneself
Gent. IV. i. 42
“have you anything to
to?,”
H5 III. ii. 127
“ere theise eyes of mine
themselves to slumber,”
Per. III. iv. 10
“A vestal livery will I
take me to.”
9.
to hear, learn John I. i. 21,
Cor. III. i. 139
“No, more”
; chiefly in “take
it” or “this of
me”=let me tell you Shr. II. i. 191, H8 V. i. 30, Tit. II. i. 108, Tim. III. iv. 71;
(pregnantly) to accept as true
Lr. IV. vi. 145
“I would not take this
from report.”
10.
to receive without
resistance, acquiesce in, put up with Ham. II. ii. 612 [604], Lr. II. ii. 106.
11.
to accept (a person)
as being, or suppose him to be so-and-so
All'sW. III. v. 52
“He's bravely
taken”
(=regarded as a fine fellow),
Tit. V. ii. 155
“The empress' sons I
take them.”
12.
to arrange, conclude
(truce, peace)
John III. i. 17
“ a truce,”
H8 II. i. 85
“ peace,”
Troil. II. ii. 75, Rom. III. i. 163, Ven. 82,
Sonn. xlvii. 1
“a league is
took.”
13.
intr. to catch fire
H5 II. i. 56.
14.
=‘take
effect’ Cor. II. ii.
113.
