ta'en

[ teyn ]

verb

, Archaic.

1. contraction of taken.

ta'en

/ teɪn /

verb

1. a poetic contraction of taken

Word History and Origins

Origin of ta'en¹

Middle English ytan, tane, tain, contraction of taken

Example Sentences

Have but their stings and teeth newly ta’en out;

From Slate

A stylized, ever-present chorus of homeless, downtrodden subjects bears witness to the follies of the 1%, assists with scene changes and inventive sound effects and, most important, adds a layer of emerging social conscience that Lear acknowledges with his "O, I have ta'en / Too little care of this!"

From Los Angeles Times

The political commitments of Jackson as Labor Party stalwart resound in Lear’s anguished regret, “O, I have ta'en/Too little care of this!” — the line from the storm scene in which Lear feels kinship with the poor, homeless wretches who also have no place to shelter.

From Los Angeles Times

"A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards / Has ta'en with equal thanks" is how Hamlet describes him condescendingly.

From BBC

But lately finding him so long at home, And thinking now his journey’s end was come, And that he had ta’en up his latest inn, In the kind office of a chamberlain Showed him the room where he must lodge that night, Pulled off his boots and took away the light.

From Project Gutenberg