Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked with streaks of color, as if wearing a harness: as, the harnessed antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
harness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective brought under control and put to use
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Examples
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Now, their use of the term "harnessed" in "Falling Skies" is quite different from mine.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Mark Changizi 2011
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In the 1930s, Josef Stalin harnessed nature with prison labor, constructing a canal to link Moscow to the Volga 80 miles north.
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In the 1930s, Josef Stalin harnessed nature with prison labor, constructing a canal to link Moscow to the Volga 80 miles north.
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In the 1930s, Josef Stalin harnessed nature with prison labor, constructing a canal to link Moscow to the Volga 80 miles north.
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In the 1930s, Josef Stalin harnessed nature with prison labor, constructing a canal to link Moscow to the Volga 80 miles north.
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In the 1930s, Josef Stalin harnessed nature with prison labor, constructing a canal to link Moscow to the Volga 80 miles north.
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In any case, I’d say my favorite two cover songs are “I Shot the Sheriff” by Eric Clapton (I think it’s a much tighter version than Bob Marley’s) and “Something so Right” by Annie Lennox (but then, Annie Lennox’s voice, when properly harnessed, is one of the true great voices in pop history).
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There are several allied species, sometimes known as harnessed antelopes, which are of a larger size.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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And how happy was the choice of that word harnessed!
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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And how happy was the choice of that word harnessed!
The Crisis — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909
dario commented on the word harnessed
The best definition is that of Wordnet:
April 27, 2010