a.
Free from taint or infection; pure.
adv.
In a taintless manner.
n.
Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
n.
A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
n.
A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.
n.
The common, or collared, peccary.
v. t.
In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.
v. t.
To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.
v. t.
To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
v. t.
To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
v. t.
To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.
v. t.
To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person.
v. t.
To draw; to deduce; to derive.