- fought
- fought p.t. and pp. of FIGHT (Cf. fight). The pp. form foughten (O.E. fohten) has been archaic since 18c. but occasionally appears in the phrase foughten field.
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fought — fought; un·fought; fought·en; for·fought·en; … English syllables
Fought — Fought, imp. & p. p. of {Fight}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fought — [fo:t US fo:t] v the past tense and past participle of ↑fight … Dictionary of contemporary English
fought — the past tense and past participle of fight1 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fought — [fôt] vi., vt. [ME fauht < OE feaht, 3d pers. sing., past indic., of feohtan] pt. & pp. of FIGHT … English World dictionary
fought|en — «F tuhn», verb, adjective. a) an archaic past participle of fight. –adj. Archaic. that has been the scene of fighting: »a foughten field … Useful english dictionary
Fought — Fight Fight (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fought} (f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fighting}.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. f[ a]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fought — [[t]fɔ͟ːt[/t]] Fought is the past tense and past participle of fight … English dictionary
fought tooth and nail — fought fiercely, fought with all his might … English contemporary dictionary
fought desperately — fought fiercely and recklessly … English contemporary dictionary
