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Definition of Drawn

1. Adjective. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. "Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"

2. Adjective. Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut. "The drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"

Definition of Drawn

1. p. p. & a. See Draw, v. t. & i.

Definition of Drawn

1. Verb. (past participle of draw) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drawn

1. draw [v] - See also: draw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawn

drawler drawlers drawlier drawliest drawling drawlingly drawlings drawlink drawlinks drawloom

drawlooms drawls drawly drawmaster drawmasters drawn (current term) drawn-out drawn and quartered drawn out drawne

drawnet drawnets drawnness drawnwork drawnworks drawplate drawplates drawrod drawrods

Literary usage of Drawn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States : a by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, John Church Hamilton (1869)
"AN OBJECTION drawn FROM THE EXTENT OF COUNTRY ANSWERED. WE have seen the necessity of the union, as our bulwark against foreign danger; as the conservator ..."

2. The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Discovery by by John Frost (1849)
"drawn »nd Engraved by ... 20 1"he Northmen Trading with the Indians. drawn and Engraved by ..."

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