Also Inflected form of take
taken
ta·ken
adjective
understood in a certain way; made sense of
- “a word taken literally”
- “a smile taken as consent”
- “an open door interpreted as an invitation”
having possession gained especially by force or effort
Origin
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.
Phrases
- is this seat taken
- none taken
- taken aback
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Word family
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