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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English toght (“stretched, strained, tight”).
Verb
taughten (third-person singular simple present taughtens, present participle taughtening, simple past and past participle taughtened)
- (chiefly nautical) To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:[…] then, waiting for low tide, we could taughten the chains again, and repeat the process till we got her ashore.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Equivalent to taught + -en.
Verb
taughten
- (nonstandard) past participle of teach (Can we add an example for this sense?)