ta'en
Americanverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of ta'en
Middle English ytan, tane, tain, contraction of taken
Example Sentences
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Have but their stings and teeth newly ta’en out;
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2019
"A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards / Has ta'en with equal thanks" is how Hamlet describes him condescendingly.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2016
They've ta'en the lady and fause nourice, In prison strong they ha'e them boun'; The nourice she was hard o' heart,55 But the bonny lady fell in swoon.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Out has he ta'en a purse o' gowd, Was a' fou to the string, "O grant me love for love, ladye, And a' this sall be thine."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
"The sun had clos'd the winter day, The Curlers quat their roarin play, An' hunger's Maukin ta'en her way To kail-yards green, While faithless snaws ilk step betray Whare she had been."
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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