Definitions
Captured, accepted, occupied, or no longer available.
Word origin
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.
Used in a sentence
“He was very taken with the girl, I hear.”
“I can't ask her out, she's taken.”
“No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“No longer available”5 letters
02“Already occupied”5 letters
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