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taughten¹

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

verb taughtens · taughtening · taughtened · tauten

  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.

taughten²

Where it comes from

Equivalent to taught + -en.

verb

  1. nonstandard, participle, past past participle of teach

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"taughten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taughten. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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taughten. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taughten

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"taughten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taughten.

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@misc{taughten_2026,
  title = {taughten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taughten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}