transitive. To seize or take (a chance, opportunity, etc.).

In phrases with verbs. With vantage as object, esp. to take‥vantage (of). Obsolete. (Cf. advantage, n. phrases 2a.)

To seize or embrace (an offer or opportunity).

Superior position, advantage; esp. in to take odds of: to take advantage of. Similarly to have the odds of (a person). Obsolete.

intransitive. To seize (a chance, opportunity, etc.); to take up or embrace (an idea). Cf. sense 31. Now rare.

To engage for a fee; Scottish to hire, employ (servants, etc.); †transferred to make use of (an occasion).

In various figurative uses. To avail oneself eagerly or dexterously of, take advantage of (an opportunity). Also, to take (a resolution) decisively.

transitive. To seize, take advantage of, grasp (an opportunity, etc.). Obsolete.

With prepositions in special uses. to jump at (rarely to jump for): To spring as a beast at its prey; figurative to accept or take advantage of…