ppl. a. [pa. pple. of EAT v.]

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  1.  Consumed as food; devoured.

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1599.  Minsheu, Span. Gram., 80. Eaten bread is forgotten.

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1656.  W. Du Gard, trans. Comenius’ Gate Lat. Unl., § 862. 271. Half-eaten morsels, and other scraps.

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1864.  Swinburne, Atalanta. Thou whose mouth Looks red from the eaten fruits of thine own womb.

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  2.  Gnawed, corroded, ulcerated. Cf. MOTH-, WORM-EATEN.

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1581.  Sidney, Apol. Poetrie (Arb.), 31. Old Mouse-eaten records.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 516. The aforesaid eaten or launced woundes.

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