Definition for DRAWN

DRAWN, pp. [See Draw.]

  1. Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; derived; deduced; written.
  2. Equal, where each party takes his own stake; as, a drawn game.
  3. Having equal advantage, and neither party is victory; as, a drawn battle.
  4. With a sword drawn. – Shak.
  5. Moved aside, as a curtain; unclosed, or closed.
  6. Eviscerated; as, a drawn fox. – Shak.
  7. Induced, as by a motive; as, men are drawn together by similar views, or by motives of interest. Drawn and quartered, drawn on a sled, and cut into quarters.

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