taughten en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English toght (“stretched, strained, tight”).
Meanings
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To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
[…] then, waiting for low tide, we could taughten the chains again, and repeat the process till we got her ashore.
1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taughtened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taughtened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| taughtening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tauten | alternative | lexicographic | |
| taughtens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |