Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to. · In a serious romantic relationship.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorypast participle of take
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. Morphologically take + -n.
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