Taughten

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    past participle of teach form-of, nonstandard, participle, past

Synonyms

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tightenwind up

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"[…] then, waiting for low tide, we could taughten the chains again, and repeat the process till we got her ashore."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Equivalent to taught + -en.

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