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arraught

arraught adjective: obtained or gotten; seized.

Adjective

arraught (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) obtained or gotten; seized
    • Then his ambitious sonnes unto them twayne
      Arraught the rule, and from their father drew;
      Stout Ferrex and sterne Porrex him in prison threw1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of arraught

The past tense of an old verb areach or arreach. Compare reach, obsolete preterite raught.

Questions about arraught

What does arraught mean?
Arraught means obtained or gotten; seized.
What part of speech is arraught?
Arraught is an adjective.

Words near arraught in the dictionary

  1. arratel
  2. arratels
  3. arrau
  4. arrau turtle
  5. arrau turtles
  6. arraught
  7. arraunt
  8. arraus
  9. Arrawak
  10. Arrawaks
  11. Arrawarra

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