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taughten

taughten verb: to tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught. Also the past participle of teach.

Verb

taughten (third-person singular simple present taughtens, present participle taughtening, simple past and past participle taughtened)

  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.1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007

Also used as

taughten is also the past participle of teach.

Forms of taughten

third-person singular presenttaughtens
present participletaughtening
past participletaughtened
pasttaughtened
alternative formtauten

Origin of taughten

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

Equivalent to taught + -en.

Questions about taughten

What does taughten mean?
Taughten means to tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
What part of speech is taughten?
Taughten is a verb.
What is the past tense of taughten?
The past tense of taughten is taughtened.

Words near taughten in the dictionary

  1. taught grandma to suck eggs
  2. taught someone a lesson
  3. taught someone who was the boss
  4. taught the controversy
  5. taughte
  6. taughten
  7. taughtened
  8. taughtening
  9. taughtens
  10. taughtest
  11. tauhid

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