taken
adjEtymology
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.
Definitions
Infatuated
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
- He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
In a serious romantic relationship.
- I can't ask her out, she's taken.
past participle of take
- No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]
The neighborhood
Derived
foretaken, is this seat taken, none taken, taken aback, untaken
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at taken. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at taken. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at taken
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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