Straught

Morpheme

Straught

Type

free base

Denotation

stretch, make straight

Etymology

Scots straucht; Middle Scots straicht; Early Scots streyght; Middle English streight, from strecchen; Old English ġestreaht, ġestreht, from streċċan

Evidence

bestraught, forstraught, straught, straughted, straughting, straughts

Notes

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Doublet

Straight

See Also

Straight, Stretch