What does the 「とって」 mean?


Here is the sentence including the word.

> 東のはずれには年を **とって** 働けなくなった人たちのために養老院をたてるっ




年をとる means to grow old, to age.

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年をとる means to grow old, to age.

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first](http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%82%92%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8B).

