To assume, to adopt. 1799, N.E.D.
1855. The cheek of Kitty took on a suddenly deep scarlet tinge.—D. G. Mitchell, ‘Fudge Doings,’ ii. 243.
1864. Life always takes on the character of its motive.—J. G. Holland, ‘Letters to the Joneses,’ p. 47.
1904. With the disappearance of tallow-dips and pine-knots the people had taken on city ways and left the Lord in the backwoods.—W. N. Harben, ‘The Georgians,’ p. 150.
1908. The Senatorial contest in Ohio has taken on national interest.—N.Y. Evening Post, Dec. 31.
