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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate]
2: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" [syn: assume, adopt, take on, take over]
3: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations [syn: take over, relieve]
4: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept, assume]
5: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies [syn: take over, buy out, buy up]
6: do over; "They would like to take it over again" [syn: repeat, take over]
7: take up and practice as one's own [syn: adopt, borrow, take over, take up]
8: take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something" [syn: absorb, take over]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1884 transitive verb to assume control or possession of or responsibility for <military leaders took over the government> intransitive verb 1. to assume control or possession 2. to become dominant

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you take over a company, you get control of it, for example by buying its shares. (BUSINESS) A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. If someone takes over a country or building, they get control of it by force, for example with the help of the army. The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) 3. If you take over a job or role or if you take over, you become responsible for the job after someone else has stopped doing it. His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres... In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor... She took over as chief executive of the Book Trust. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P from n, V P 4. If one thing takes over from something else, it becomes more important, successful, or powerful than the other thing, and eventually replaces it. Cars gradually took over from horses... When the final vote came, rationality took over. PHRASAL VERB: V P from n, V P 5. see also takeover

Moby Thesaurus

accept, acquire, admit, adopt, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, assume command, colonize, come by, come in for, conquer, copy, derive, derive from, drag down, draw, draw from, encroach, enslave, gain, get, get at, get hold of, glom on to, grab, have, have coming in, hog, imitate, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, lay hands on, make free with, make use of, mock, monopolize, mount the throne, obtain, occupy, overrun, pirate, plagiarize, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, pull down, receive, requisition, secure, seize, seize power, seize the throne, simulate, sit on, spell, squat on, steal, subjugate, take, take all of, take charge, take command, take in, take it all, take on, take possession, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, trespass, usurp