tauten

From taut +‎ -en.

tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)

1. (transitive) To make taut; to taut.

   Tauten the rope.

2. (ergative) To become taut.

   The rope tautened.

• UNTAET, attune, nutate

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tauten

1. inflection of tauen:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II