take (v.)
take in, comprehend, understand
MND V.i.90[Theseus to Hippolyta, of the rustics] Our sport shall be to take what they mistake
PP.11.12[of Adonis and Venus] away he skips, / And would not take her meaning nor her pleasure
PP.4.10[of Adonis and Cytherea] he refused to take her figured proffer
WT I.ii.222[Leontes to Camillo, of Hermione persuading Polixenes to stay] Was this taken / By any understanding pate but thine?
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