different between taken vs tolerate

English

Etymology

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *?etacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *t?kanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?k?n/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n
• Hyphenation: tak?en

Adjective

taken (not comparable)

1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

   He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

2. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

   I can't ask her out, she's taken.

Translations

Verb

taken

1. past participle of take

Anagrams

• Kenta, tekan

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k?n
• IPA^(key): /?ta?k?(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch t?ken, from Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takan? (“to touch”).

Verb

taken

1. (archaic, dialectal) to take, to grasp
2. (archaic, dialectal) to touch

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

taken

1. Plural form of taak

Anagrams

• akten, kante, tanke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takan? (“to touch”).

Verb

t?ken

1. to take, to grab
2. to get, to achieve

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: taken
• Limburgish: take

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “taken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From late Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch, grasp”).

Alternative forms

• tak, take, takon, takke, tac, tacke, thake, to
• ta, tan, tane (Northern)
• tacen, tæcen (early)

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tok, past participle taken)

2. to take

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tak

Descendants

• English: take
• Northumbrian: tak, tyek
• Scots: tak, ta

References

• “t?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• take, takene, takun, takuth, teken
• tas, tase (Northern); ta, tan (northwest Midlands)

Verb

taken

1. present indicative/subjunctive plural of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• take, tak, takene, takenne, takine, takein, takon, takun, thaken, toke, token, tok, tane, tan, taked
• tain, taine, tone, ton, toine, tene (Northern); tain, taine (northeast Midlands)

Verb

taken

1. past participle of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 4

Noun

taken (plural takenes)

1. (Northern, early) Alternative form of token

Etymology 5

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taked)

1. (Northern) Alternative form of toknen

Swedish

Noun

taken

1. definite plural of tak

Anagrams

• akten, naket, nekat, tanke

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

• tolerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus