To take in Meaning, Definition & Usage

. (a) To inclose; to fence . (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend . (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail . (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive . Colloq. (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest . Obs.
For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. Chapman.
(g) To receive into the mind or understanding. "Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions." I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. Eng.