taken with, be



taken with, be

Be attracted to or charmed by, as in I was quite taken with those watercolors, or The composer seemed to be taken with the young soprano who performed his songs. [First half of 1500s]
See also: taken

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Acland['æklənd]
JudithJOO-dith (English), zhoo-DEET (French), YOO-dit (German)English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
Ercan-Turkish
Sebastianze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
NeerNAYRLimburgish
Elainai-LAYN-əEnglish