To take to

Take \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.
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            When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            In impressions from mind to mind, the impression
            taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any
            manifest effect.                      --Bacon.
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   2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
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            Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,
            And hint he writ it, if the thing should take.
                                                  --Addison.
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   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.
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   4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his
      face does not take well.
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   {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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