verb · intransitive

saught

saught · saughts · saughted · saughting

To reconcile; become reconciledTo reconcile; become reconciled.

Meaning

1 senses

(UK, dialectal)To reconcile; become reconciled.

Origin

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arra

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).

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Forms

saughts, saughting, saughted, saughted

Base form	saught · to saught
3rd person singular	saughts
Present participle	saughting
Past simple	saughted
Past participle	saughted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	saught
he, she, it	saughts

Past simpleLesson

all persons

saughted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have saughted
he, she, it	has saughted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will saught

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle