ppl. a. [pa. pple. of TAKE v., where see Forms.] In various senses corresponding to those of TAKE v., q. v.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, Cant., 522. Þe lyknyng of takyn prysuns.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., III. 430. The tane men als the takaris did exceid.
1561. Reg. Privy Council Scot., I. 177. Greit partis of the takin gudis wer disponit in Argyle.
1659. Milton, Civ. Power, Wks. 1851, V. 331. If any man be offended at the conscientious liberty of another, it is a taken scandal not a given.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., V. 987. Some … stumble, and let fall the taken prize.
1831. Scott, Ct. Robt., xxviii. Did not my heart throb in my bosom with all the agitation of a taken bird?
1829. G. Wyse, Poems & Songs, Ser. III. 298, Lass that lost Her Joe, 13.
| A taken kiss is sweeter far | |
| Than ane wi’ half consent. |
b. With adv. or advb. phr., as taken-for-granted, taken-in, taken-on, etc.: see TAKE v.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, III. (1622), 377. Keeping still her late taken-on grauitie.
1585–7. T. Rogers, 39 Art. (Parker Soc.), 786. Our liturgies … they call foolishness of taken-on services.
1901. Daily Chron., 24 Dec., 7/1. The bitter cry of the average taken-in tenant, emitted from a chilly residence, mean in furniture.
1870. Boston Evening Transcript, May, in C. E. Davis, Three Years in the Army (1894), vi. 126. His [Gen. McDowell’s] taken-for-granted military blunders and personal character were condemned in unqualified terms.
1907. Morn. Post, 12 Aug., 2/3. Many of our taken for granted notions are seen to be meaningless.
