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Foughten

Foughten \Fought"en\, p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]

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foughten

vb. (context archaic English) (past participle of fight English)

Usage examples of "foughten".

This night past, when as at our accustomed houre I diligently searched every part of the City, behold I fortuned to espy this cruell young man drawing out his sword against three Citisens, and after a long combat foughten between them, he murthered one after another miserably : which when hee had done, moved in his conscience at so great a crime hee ran away, and aided by the reason of darknes, slipt into a house, and there lay hidden all night, but by the providence of the Gods, which suffereth no heynous offence to pass unpunished, hee was taken by us this morning before he escaped any further, and so brought hither to your honourable presence to receive his desert accordingly.

At mortal battles had he been fifteen, And foughten for our faith at Tramissene.

Guiscard has seen Jerusalem and foughten beside the King of Palestine--how many years?

And then he lashed at the shield, that all the meadow rang of the dints, that he gave such a noise as ten knights had foughten together.

Strategy is a learned thing, master, and the wars may not be told of without it, but while the war rageth and men be camped upon the foughten field then is the time for cooking.

And by then they had foughten the mountenance of an hour Sir Tristram waxed faint and for-bled, and gave sore aback.