caughten

Verb

catch (third-person singular simple present catches, present participle catching, simple past and past participle caught)

1. (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
   • I hope I catch a fish.
2. (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
   • And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 12:13
3. (dated, figuratively, transitive) To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
   • The public[…]said that Miss Bogardus was a suffragist because she had never caught a man; that she wanted something, but it wasn't the vote.1933, Sinclair Lewis, Ann Vickers, page 108
4. (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
   • If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.
5. (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
   • If you leave now you might catch him.
6. (transitive) To discover and observe (someone or something while it takes some action or exists) (sometimes, but not always, with implications of 'unpleasantly' or 'unexpectedly').
   • He was caught in the act of stealing a biscuit.

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