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
Could he but once have seen her, I ween, not all the bliss, That all the world can lavish, would he have ta'en for this.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Oh, I have ta'en Too little care of this.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
She's ta'en the hay under her arm, The corn intill her hand, And she's gane to the great stable, As fast as e'er she can.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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