TAKE IN

transitive verb Date: circa 1515 to draw into a smaller compass , furl , to make (a garment) smaller by enlarging seams or tucks, 2. to receive as a guest or lodger, to give shelter to, to take to a police station as a prisoner, to receive as payment or proceeds, to receive (work) into one's house to be done for pay , to encompass within its limits, 6. to include in an itinerary, attend , to receive into the mind ; perceive , deceive , dupe