laught

1. (obsolete)simplepast andpastparticiple oflaugh
   • 1638, John Wilkins,The Discovery of a World in the Moone‎^[1]:

     Other truths have beene formerly accounted as ridiculous as this, I shall specifie that of the Antipodes, which have beene denied andlaught at by many wise men and great Schollers, such as wereHerodotus, St.Austin,Lactantius, theVenerable Bede,Lucretius the Poet,Procopius, and the voluminousAbulensis with others.

   • 1665-1676, Sir John Lauder,Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 36‎^[2]:

     They made this poor fellow beleive that he was only condemned to the galleys, at which helaught, telling that it appeared they knew not he was a smith, so that he could easily file his chaines and run away.

   • 1679, Beaumont and Fletcher,The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in Ten Volumes‎^[3]:

     How Epidemick errors by thy PlayWerelaught out of esteeme, so purged away.

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, inPride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] forT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC,page286:

     She remembered that he had yet to learn to belaught at, and it was rather too early to begin.

   • 1899, William Ralph Inge,Christian Mysticism‎^[4]:

     "For this sight Ilaught mightily, and that made them to laugh that were about me.

2. (obsolete)simplepast andpastparticiple oflatch

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “caught”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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