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imp. of Take.

of Betake.

of Mistake.

imp. of Partake.

To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

imp. of Undertake.

ith a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long…

otter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.…

adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke.

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors. Shak. I took him in adoors. Vicar's Virgil (1630).

Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.

To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke.

Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.

is sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

od of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

To join; to be united. Tooke.

The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

he party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke.

Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]