Meanings
present singular third person saughts · participle present saughting · participle past saughted · past saughted · alternative saucht
- UKambitransitivedialectalTo reconcile; become reconciled.
comparative more saught · superlative most saught · alternative saucht
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₂g-“to seek, trace”
- Proto-Germanic*sahtiz“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”
- Old Englishsaht
- Middle Englishsaughte
- Englishsaught
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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saught. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saught
“saught.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saught. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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