Raught

//ɹɔːt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 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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