TARGETED

Verb

targeted

simple past tense and past participle of target

Adjective

targeted (comparative more targeted, superlative most targeted)

Having something aimed at it.

Aimed at something; focused.

Anagrams

• gattered

Source: Wiktionary


Tar"get*ed, a.

Definition: Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

TARGET

Tar"get, n. Etym: [OF. targette, dim. of OF. & F. targe, of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. targe, OD. targie, G. zarge a frame, case, border, OHG. zarga, Icel. targa shield.]

1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

2. (a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. (b) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

3. (Surveying)

Definition: The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

4. (Railroad)

Definition: A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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