v.
1.take to be the case or to be true
2.take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
3.take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
4.take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
5.occupy or take on
6.seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
7.make a pretence of
8.Christianity, obsolete
9.put clothing on one's body