Take
v. t.
To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to
one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to
enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and
adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a
following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a
resolution; I take the liberty to say.