take to be

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verb

look on as or consider (Freq. 2)
- she looked on this affair as a joke
- He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician
- He is reputed to be intelligent
• Syn:
think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem
• Derivationally related forms:
reputation (for: repute), repute (for: repute)
• Hypernyms:
think, believe, consider, conceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody