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The following are the meaning listed in the dictionary against the phrase `take on‟. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account: `{:("Take on sth:",, "to begin to have a particular quality or appearance, to assume sth"),("take sb on:",,"to employ sb, to engage sb " "to accept sb as one‟s opponent in a game,contest or conflict"),("Take sb/sth on:",,"to decide to do sth, to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship, to take sth/sb on board"):}` |
| Answer» In the third paragraph, in lines: “… we took on two crewman to help us tackle … roughest seas…”, the word “took on” suggests to take somebody on i.e., to employ or engage somebody. | |