tauten

taut +‎ -en

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

1. (transitive) To make taut.

   Tauten the rope.

2. (ergative) To become taut.

   The rope tautened.

• attune, nutate

tauten

1. First-person plural preterite of tauen.
2. Third-person plural preterite of tauen.
3. First-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.
4. Third-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.