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
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
For he's ta'en out a gay goud ring, Had cost him many a poun', "O grant me love for love, ladye,35 And this sall be thy own."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
CI Sore rued his fate the monarch beset with twofold care; Still fear'd he most lest Siegfried should chance to perish there, For now the puissant damsel had all but ta'en his life.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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