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taughten

taughten

English

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Verb

taughten ‎(third-person singular simple present taughtens, present participle taughtening, simple past and past participle taughtened)

  1. (chiefly nautical) To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
    • 1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:
      ... then, waiting for low tide, we could taughten the chains again, and repeat the process till we got her ashore.

Etymology 2

Verb

taughten

  1. (nonstandard) past participle of teach

Etymology

From Middle English toght ‎(“stretched, strained, tight”)

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