UPTAKEN

Verb

uptaken

past participle of uptake

Source: Wiktionary


UPTAKE

Up*take", v. t.

Definition: To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.

Up"take`, n. (Steam Boilers)

1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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