ontakeEtymologyFrom Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).ontake means A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.nounA taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition.“[...] as only about 4 per cent of library ontake would be affected.”verbTo take on; undertake; assume.“In 1413 he entered into a bond of manrent at Dundee, with the earl of Crawford, that he, the said Sir Patrick," is becumyn man of special retinue till the said earl, for the term of his life, nane ontaken but amitie and allegiance till our lord the king, [...]”To undertake a debt.