Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take air

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English

Syllables: take air
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be divulged; to be made public.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]his secret having taken air, the old Israelite had contrived a scheme to separate them for ever; and they being apprized of his intention, had found means to elope from his house […]."
"The purchase proved fatal; the Jew's family soon died of the plague: the news took air, and the house was burnt, but the infection could not be restrained; it spread, and continued to rage with great violence […]."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

takes air (present, singular) taking air (participle, present) took air (past) taken air (participle, past)

Questions

What does take air mean?: To be divulged; to be made public.

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