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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. "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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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.

When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise. Bacon.

In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh , but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect. Bacon.

2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And hint he writ it, if the thing should take . Addison.

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 .

4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well .

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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Take , n. 1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.

2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Take-in <Xpage=1470>

Take"-in` (?) , n. Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]

Taken <Xpage=1470>

Tak"en (?) , p. p. of Take .

Take-off <Xpage=1470>

Take"-off` (?) , n. An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

Taker <Xpage=1470>

Tak"er (?) , n. One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended.

Take-up <Xpage=1470>

Take"-up` (?) , n. (Mach.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

Taking <Xpage=1470>

Tak"ing (?) , a. 1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

Subtile in making his temptations most taking . Fuller.

2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

-- Tak"ing*ly , adv. -- Tak"ing*ness , n.

Taking <Xpage=1470>

Tak"ing , n. 1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]

What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket! Shak.

3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.]

Shak.

Taking-off <Xpage=1470>

Tak"ing-off` (?) , n. Removal; murder. See To take off (c) , under Take , v. t.

The deep damnation of his taking-off . Shak.

Talapoin <Xpage=1470>

Tal"a*poin (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small African monkey ( Cercopithecus, &or; Miopithecus, talapoin ) -- called also melarhine .

Talaria <Xpage=1470>

Ta*la"ri*a (?) , n. pl. [L., from talaris pertaining to the ankles, fr. talus ankle.] (Class. Myth.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.

Talbot <Xpage=1470>

Tal"bot (?) , n. A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game. [Obs.]

Wase (1654).

&hand; The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the Talbot family, whence, perhaps, the name.

Talbotype <Xpage=1470>

Tal"bo*type (?) , n. (Photog.) Same as Calotype .

Talc <Xpage=1470>

Talc (?) , n. [F. talc ; cf. Sp. & It. talco , LL. talcus ; all fr. Ar. talq .] (Min.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite , or soapstone , is a compact granular variety.

Indurated talc , an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talc slate .

Talcose, Talcous <Xpage=1470>

Tal*cose" (?) , Talc"ous (?) , a. [Cf. F. talqueux .] (Min.) Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.

Tale <Xpage=1470>

Tale (?) , n. See Tael .

Tale <Xpage=1470>

Tale , n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala , Icel. tal , tala , number, speech, Sw. tal , Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell , v. t. , Toll a tax, also Talk , v. i. ] 1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. "The tale of Troy divine." Milton . "In such manner rime is Dante's tale ." Chaucer .

We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9.

2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.

The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale , and not by weight. Hooker.

And every shepherd tells his tale , Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton.

In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]

To tell tale of , to make account of. [Obs.]

Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.

Tale <Xpage=1470>

Tale (?) , v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Gower.

Talebearer <Xpage=1470>

Tale"bear`er (?) , n. One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.

Spies and talebearers , encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay.

Talebearing <Xpage=1470>

Tale"bear`ing , a. Telling tales officiously.

Talebearing <Xpage=1470>

Tale"bear`ing , n. The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.

Taled <Xpage=1470>

Ta"led (?) , n. (Jewish Antiq.) A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.

Crabb.

Taleful <Xpage=1470>

Tale"ful (?) , a. Full of stories. [R.]

Thomson.

Talegalla <Xpage=1470>

Tal`e*gal"la (?) , n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey .

Talent <Xpage=1470>

Tal"ent (?) , n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. <?/ a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to <?/ to bear, endure, <?/, L. tolerare , tollere , to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole , v. t. , Tolerate .] 1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 min\'91 or 6,000 drachm\'91. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was \'9c243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.

Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents . Jowett (Thucid.).

2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93<?/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from \'9c340 to \'9c396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]

They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. Chaucer.

4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents ( Matt. xxv. 14-30 ).

He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents , as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. Dryden.

His talents , his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius .

Talented <Xpage=1470>

Tal"ent*ed , a. Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.

Abp. Abbot (1663).

&hand; This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the use of talent or talents to signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and talented , as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as gifted , bigoted , moneyed , landed , lilied , honeyed , and numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.

Tales <Xpage=1470>

Ta"les (?) , n. [L., pl. of talis such (persons).] (Law) (a) pl. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount. Blackstone . (b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are summoned.

Tales book , a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales. Blount . Craig . -- Tales de circumstantibus [L.] , such, or the like, from those standing about.

Talesman <Xpage=1470>

Tales"man (?) , n. ; pl. Talesmen (<?/) . (Law) A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.

Wharton.

Taleteller <Xpage=1470>

Tale"tell`er (?) , n. One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.

Talewise <Xpage=1470>

Tale"wise` (?) , adv. In a way of a tale or story.

Taliacotian <Xpage=1470>

Tal"ia*co`tian (?) , a. See Tagliacotian .

Taliation <Xpage=1470>

Tal`i*a"tion (?) , n. Retaliation. [Obs.]

Just heav'n this taliation did decree. Beaumont.

Talion <Xpage=1470>

Ta"li*on (?) , n. [F., fr. L. talio , perh. fr. talis such. Cf. Retaliation .] Retaliation. [R.]

Holinshed.

Talipes <Xpage=1470>

Tal"i*pes (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes , pedis , a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot . See Clubfoot .

&hand; Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus , in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus , in which the foot is bent outward; T. equinus , in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus ), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.

Talipot <Xpage=1470>

Tal"i*pot (?) , n. [Hind. t\'belp\'bet the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.) A beautiful tropical palm tree ( Corypha umbraculifera ), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.

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Talisman <Xpage=1471>

Tal"is*man (?) , n. ; pl. Talismans (#) . [Sp., from Ar. tilism , tilsam , a magical image, pl. tilsam\'ben , fr. Gr. <?/ tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from <?/ to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. <?/ completion, end.] 1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence.

2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases .

Swift.

Talismanic, Talismanical <Xpage=1471>

Tal`is*man"ic (?) , Tal`is*man"ic*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. talismanique .] Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.

Talk <Xpage=1471>

Talk (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Talked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Talking .] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka , Icel. t<?/lka to interpret, t<?/lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti , tulk\'d3ti , to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see Tale , v. i. & n. ).] 1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you. Shak.

2. To confer; to reason; to consult.

Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Jer. xii. 1.

3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]

To talk of , to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done." Addison . -- To talk to , to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]

Talk <Xpage=1471>

Talk , v. t. 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French .

2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics .

3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away ; as, to talk away an evening .

4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad."

Shak.

To talk over . (a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan . (b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent .

Talk <Xpage=1471>

Talk , n. 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

In various talk the instructive hours they passed. Pope.

Their talk , when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses. Macaulay.

2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war .

I hear a talk up and down of raising our money. Locke.

3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town .

Syn. -- Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See Conversation .

Talkative <Xpage=1471>

Talk"a*tive (?) , a. Given to much talking.

Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous .

-- Talk"a*tive*ly , adv. -- Talk"a*tive*ness , n.

Talker <Xpage=1471>

Talk"er (?) , n. 1. One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick. Macaulay.

2. A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.

Jer. Taylor.

Talking <Xpage=1471>

Talk"ing , a. 1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot .

2. Given to talk; loquacious.

The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

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