Lexic.us

Definition of Taken

1. Adjective. Understood in a certain way; made sense of. "An open door interpreted as an invitation"

2. Adjective. Be affected with an indisposition. "Couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"

Definition of Taken

1. Adjective. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to. ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) In a monoamorous relationship ¹

3. Verb. (past participle of take) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taken

1. take [v] - See also: take

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taken

take up the cudgel for take up the gauntlet take up with take upon take water take wing takeable takeaway takeaways taked

takedaite takedown takedowns takehome takehome pay taken (current term) taken a hint taken aback taken action taken care

taken charge taken command taken control taken for granted(p) taken hold taken on taken out taken out the trash taken over

Literary usage of Taken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and that they had already taken an ... that if we mould be taken, as it were, running away, we mould even condemn ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"of any purely private corporation may be taken in invitum, the same as that of an individual ;1 and the same is also true as to lauds of public or quasi ..."

3. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (2001)
"65) to BANDELLO as a possible source of the Plot of this play. He gives the title of a Story in BELLE-FOREST, and adds: 'it is taken from one of ..."

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