Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So abstracted as to lose the power of attention to matters at hand.
- In an impaired state of mind; not in full possession of one's mental powers, as an effect of fever.
- Elevated in mind; transported with joy or some other strong emotion; beside one's self.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
carry .
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Examples
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But all the while I felt myself being _carried, carried, carried_!
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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Well, tell auntie I got carried by -- _carried by!
Glory and the Other Girl Annie Hamilton Donnell
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_I am carried, we have carried, they shall have carried_, etc. In Latin, on the other hand, instead of using personal pronouns and auxiliary verbs, the form changes with the meaning.
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
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On Chapman's code name, ZigZag, McIntyre solemnly intoned: "The name carried a hint of anxiety, because a man who could zig could also zag."
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The term carried interest refers to tax provisions that have been used for years by partnership organizers to convert their own pay from ordinary income into capital gains.
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My parents followed the progress of the war at home with a small shortwave radio, and from the word carried by new refugees as they arrived in the camps.
A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009
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When I talked about “The Opposite” by Tom MacRae I spoke of the distinctly English air the title carried in its wake.
Archive 2006-11-01 fusenumber8 2006
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What he meant to deny was that the phrase carried any suggestions of race.
Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
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The term carried so many feelings and connotations for Therese that months ago I stopped trying to sort them out.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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When I talked about “The Opposite” by Tom MacRae I spoke of the distinctly English air the title carried in its wake.
Review of the Day: Wolves fusenumber8 2006
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