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Take Arms

Definition: Take Arms

Take Arms

Verb

1. Commence hostilities.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Take Arms

Synonyms: go to war (v), take up arms (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Take Arms

English words defined with "take arms": Arriere-ban ♦ Fiery cross ♦ To levy war, To take arms. (references)

Specialty definitions using "take arms": Come and take Them ♦ Peripheral Vascular Disease. (references)

Modern Usage: Take Arms

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them. (Hamlet; writing credit: William Shakespeare; Kenneth Branagh)
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Historic Usage: Take Arms

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	What then, can there no case happen wherein the people may of right, and by their own authority, help themselves, take arms, and set upon their king, imperiously domineering over them? None at all, whilst he remains a king. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Use in Literature: Take Arms

Title	Author	Quote
Hamlet	William Shakespeare	To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms a gainst a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression: Take Arms

Expression using "take arms": To take arms. Additional references.
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Modern Translations: Take Arms

Language		Translations for "take arms"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		aketay armsay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Take Arms

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-k-m-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: karates, markets, seamark.
	-2 letters: armets, karate, karats, karmas, makars, makers, market, masker, master, maters, matres, ramate, ramets, reatas, skater, strake, streak, stream, takers, tamers.
	-3 letters: araks, areas, armet, asker, aster, atmas, eskar, kames, karat, karma, karst, karts, katas, maars, makar, maker, makes, mares, marks, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, merks, rakes, ramet, rates, reams, reata, saker, samek, satem, skate, smart, smear, smerk, stake, stare, stark, steak, steam, takas, taker, takes, tamer, tames, tares, teaks, teams, tears, terms, trams, treks.
	-4 letters: amas, arak, area, ares, arks, arms, arse, arts, asea, ates, atma, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, kaas, kaes, kame, kart, kata, kats, keas, maar, maes, make, mare, mark, mars, mart, mask, mast, mate, mats, meat, merk, mesa, meta, rake, rams, rase, rate, rats, ream, rems, rest, rets, sake, same, sark, sate, seam, sear, seat, sera, seta, skat, star, stem, taka, take, tame, tams, tare, tars, task, teak, team, tear, teas, term, tram, trek, tsar.
	-5 letters: aas, ama, are, ark, arm, ars, art, ask, ate, ear, eat, ems, era, ers, eta, kae, kas, kat, kea, mae, mar, mas, mat, met, ram, ras, rat, rem, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, ska, tae, tam, tar, tas, tea, tsk.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-k-m-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: hatmakers, keratomas, teamakers.
	+2 letters: automakers, metalmarks, samarskite, taskmaster, tastemaker, trademarks, watermarks.
	+3 letters: matchmakers, platemakers, samarskites, taskmasters, tastemakers, watchmakers.
	+4 letters: aftermarkets, alkalimeters, embarkations, marketplaces.
	+5 letters: alkalimetries, cabinetmakers, craftsmanlike, katzenjammers.
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Alternative Orthography: Take Arms

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 6B 65 41 72 6D 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01000001 01110010 01101101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#107 &#101 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#109 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 006B 0065 0041 0072 006D 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54677771235847985

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern

9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography

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