Verb

(en verb)

To come or go back (to a place or person).

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}

To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

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(obsolete) To turn back, retreat.

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*:‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’

(obsolete) To turn (something) round.

*, Bk.X, Ch.xiij:

*:Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.

To put (place) something back where it had been.

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To give something back to its original holder or owner.

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To take something back to a retailer for a refund.

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To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

*Bible, 1 Kings ii.44

*:The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

(tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

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(card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

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(cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

To say in reply; to respond.

:to return''' an answer;  to '''return thanks

*1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew)

*:‘Ah my good friend, I do look out!’ the young man returned while Maisie helped herself afresh to bread and butter.

(computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

(computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

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(dated) To retort; to throw back.

:to return the lie

*Dryden

*:If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.

To report, or bring back and make known.

:to return the result of an election

*Bible, Exodus xix.8

*:And all the people answered together,and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.

(by extension, UK) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

Verb

To get or put something into one's or someone's possession or control.

#To grasp with the hands.

#To pick up and move to oneself.

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#*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}

#To carry or move, especially to a particular destination.

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#To lead; to conduct.

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#*:They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!

#To choose.

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#*(Bible), 1 (w) xiv 42

#*:Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken .

#To accept.

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#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter

, title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}

#To receive (a newspaper, magazine, etc.) regularly, as by paying the subscription.

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#(lb) To gain a position by force.

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#To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.

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#*:To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was, a year ago, just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas.

#To capture using a photographic camera.

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#To observe; to gather information on.

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#(lb) To form a likeness of; to copy; to depict.

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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:Beauty alone could beauty take so right.

#(lb) To deliver, give (something); to entrust.

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#*:for thy loue I haue lefte my countrey / And sythe ye shalle departe oute of this world / leue me somme token of yours that I may thynke on you / Ioseph said that wille I doo ful gladly / Now brynge me your sheld that I toke yow whanne ye went in to bataille ageynst kyng Tolleme

#*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XXIII:

#*:Jesus perceaved there wylynes, and sayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes? lett me se the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.

(lb) To have or change a state of mind or body.

#(lb) To endure or cope with.

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# To assume or interpret to be.

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#*, chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.}}

#(lb) To become.

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#(lb) To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).

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#(lb) To participate in, undergo, or experience.

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#(lb) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.

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#(lb) To perform or undertake, for example, a task.

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#*:To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was, a year ago, just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or

#(lb) To experience or feel, for example, offence.

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#*, chapter=1

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}

#*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.

#(lb) To go.

#*2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge, 2008, p.59:

#*:Nicholas then took himself to Avignon where in August 1330 he formally renounced his claim to the papacy.

(lb) To require or limit.

#(lb) To support or carry without failing or breaking.

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#(lb) To need, require.

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#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-31, volume=408, issue=8851, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Code blue , passage=Time was it took a war to close a financial exchange. Now all it needs is a glitch in technology. On August 26th trading on Eurex, the main German derivatives exchange, opened as usual; 20 minutes later it shut down for about an hour. Four days earlier the shares of every company listed on NASDAQ, an American stock exchange, ceased trading for three hours.}}

#(lb) To last or expend [an amount of time].

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To decide or to act.

#(lb) To not swing at a pitch.

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#(lb) To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.

#(lb) To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.

#To be the player who performs (a free kick, etc.).

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#Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear.

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(lb) To have sex with.

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(lb) To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)

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(lb) To stick, persist, thrive or remain.

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*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.

(lb) To use.

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(lb) To decide, react, or interact.

# To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

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

#(lb) To consider as an instance or example.

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#To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.

#*(Bible), (w) vi.25:

#*:Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

#*(William Wake) (1657-1737)

#*:Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience.

#*(Thomas Moore) (1779-1852)

#*: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.

#To bear without ill humour or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure.

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#To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept.

#* (1674-1718)

#*:I take thee at thy word.

#To draw; to deduce; to derive.

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#*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)

#*: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.

#To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

#*(Bible), (w) xxxv.31:

#*:Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer.

#*(Bible), v.10:

#*:Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore.

# To understand or interpret.