from G5259 and G2983; to take from below, i.e. carry upward; figuratively, to take up, i.e. continue a discourse or topic; mentally, to assume (presume):--answer, receive, suppose.
to take up in order to raise, to bear on high
to take up and carry away
to receive hospitably, welcome
to take up
follow in speech, in order either to reply to or controvert or supplement what another has said
