Nap-taking |
A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. |
n. |
Side-taking |
A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. |
n. |
Taking |
of Take |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
Taking |
Apt to take; alluring; attracting. |
a. |
Taking |
Infectious; contageous. |
a. |
Taking |
The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension. |
n. |
Taking |
Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. |
n. |
Taking |
Malign influence; infection. |
n. |
Taking-off |
Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. |
n. |
Leave |
To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. |
v. i. |
Leave |
To raise; to levy. |
v. t. |
Leave |
Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. |
n. |
Leave |
The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go. |
n. |
Leave |
To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. |
v. |
Leave |
To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. |
v. |
Leave |
To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. |
v. |
Leave |
To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. |
v. |
Leave |
To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. |
v. |
Leave |
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators. |
v. |
Leave |
To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. |
v. |