1. taken - Adjective
2. taken - Verb
Derived from take
4. taken - Adjective Satellite
p. p. of Take.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPerseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. Plutarch
The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the saving grace is turned into ashes and holiness departs. Cyprian
The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who is saved. Their very names are taken from their deeds, and are always actually justified. He comforts! The Holy Spirit comforts the believing soul, as a mother comforts her child. John of Kronstadt
No word is ill spoken, that is not ill taken. Portuguese Proverb
Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction. American Proverb
The blow is taken on the nose but it's the eyes that cry. Martinican Proverb