Take one woman to break small egg (7)
I believe the answer is:
inherit
'take' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'one woman to break small egg' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'woman' becomes 'her' (pronoun for a woman).
'to break' indicates putting letters inside.
'small egg' becomes 'nit' (I've seen this before).
'her' placed into 'nit' is 'nherit'.
'i'+'nherit'='INHERIT'
(Other definitions for inherit that I've seen before include "Receive as bequest from will" , "Receive from a deceased parent" , "Be left with (a situation)" , "Receive under terms of will" , "Receive as heir" .)