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Definition of Take arms
1. Verb. Commence hostilities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Arms
Literary usage of Take arms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Spain: From the Establishment of the Colony of Gades by the by Charles John Ann Hereford (1793)
"... Members of the League of Smal- kalde take arms—The Emperor puts them under
the Ban of the Empire—He ..."
2. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... who take Arms—Treaties of Accommodation are repeatedly broken—The Reformers
destroy the Monastic Buildings—The Treaty of Perth violated, ..."
3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... and the Protestants take Arms—They advance to Edinburgh—The Queen-Regent
fortifies Leith—The Lords of the Congregation promulgate a Resolution that she ..."
4. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"St. Bernard exhorts the people to take arms against the infidel. To t/ie Lords
and very dear Fathers, the Archbishops and Bishops, with the whole Clergy and ..."
5. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"St. Bernard exhorts the people to take arms against the infidel. To the Lords
and very dear Fathers, the Archbishops and Bishops, with the whole Clergy and ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1831)
"... in Paris— The Troops being ordered to quell them, the Populace take Arms—After
three days'fighting, the Military are forced to evacuate Paris. ..."
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