Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {To take on}, to assume; to take upon one's self; as, to take
      on a character or responsibility.

   {To take one's own course}, to act one's pleasure; to pursue
      the measures of one's own choice.

   {To take order for}. See under {Order}.

   {To take order with}, to check; to hinder; to repress. [Obs.]
      --Bacon.

   {To take orders}.
      (a) To receive directions or commands.
      (b) (Eccl.) To enter some grade of the ministry. See
          {Order}, n., 10.

   {To take out}.
      (a) To remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct.
      (b) To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; as,
          to take out a stain or spot from cloth.
      (c) To produce for one's self; as, to take out a patent.