| 1. to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
1) an associate, a companion 2) metaph. 1b1. to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be 1b2. not to reject, not to withhold obedience 2. to receive something transmitted 1) an office to be discharged 2) to receive with the mind 2b1. by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds 2b2. by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples) |