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Webster 1913 Edition
Taken
2.
To cut off;
as,
. to take off
the head, or a limb3.
To destroy;
as,
. to take off
life4.
To remove; to invalidate;
as,
. to take off
the force of an argument6.
To swallow;
as,
. to take off
a glass of wine7.
To purchase; to take in trade.
“The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.” Locke.
8.
To copy; to reproduce.
“Take off all their models in wood.” Addison.
9.
To imitate; to mimic; to personate.
10.
To find place for; to dispose of;
as, more scholars than preferments can
take off
. [R.]
Bacon.