Raught
//ɹɔːt// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of reach form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"His tayle was stretched out in wondrous length, That to the house of heavenly gods it raught, […]"
- 2 simple past and past participle of reck form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Example
More examples"His tayle was stretched out in wondrous length, That to the house of heavenly gods it raught, […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English raughte, raghte, from Old English rāhte, a past tense form of rǣċan (“to reach”) (compare taught and teach).
Etymology 2
From Middle English roughte, rought, from Old English reahte, first and third person singular preterite of reccan (“to stretch, extend, go”). More at reck.
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