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▪ I. taken, ppl. a.|ˈteɪk(ə)n|
[pa. pple. of take v., where see Forms.]
a. In various senses corresponding to those of take v., q.v.
a1340Hampole Psalter, Cant. 522 Þe lyknyng of takyn prysuns. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 430 The tane men als the takaris did exceid. 1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 177 Greit partis of the takin gudis wer disponit in Argyle. 1659Milton Civ. Power Wks. 1851 V. 331 If any man be offended at the conscientious liberty of another, it is a taken scandal not a given. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 987 Some..stumble, and let fall the taken prize. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xxviii, Did not my heart throb in my bosom with all the agitation of a taken bird?
b. With adv. or advb. phr., as taken-for-granted, taken-in, taken-on, etc.: see take v.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1622) 377 Keeping still her late taken-on grauitie. 1585–7T. Rogers 39 Art. (Parker Soc.) 186 Our liturgies..they call foolishness of taken-on services. 1895G. B. Shaw in Liberty 27 July 2/1 The Impressionist movement..was evidently destined to improve pictures greatly by substituting a natural, observant, real style for a conventional, taken-for-granted, ideal one. 1901Daily Chron. 24 Dec. 7/1 The bitter cry of the average taken-in tenant, emitted from a chilly residence, mean in furniture. 1907Morn. Post 12 Aug. 2/3 Many of our taken-for-granted notions are seen to be meaningless.
▪ II. taken
OE. and obs. northern f. token. |