taughten

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• tauten

Verb

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

1. (chiefly nautical) To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
   • 1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters‎^[1], 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

1. (nonstandard) past participle of teach (Can we add an example for this sense?)