Bought Definition

bôt

buy

verb

Webster's New World

Simple past tense and past participle of buy.

She bought an expensive bag last week.

People have bought gas masks.

Our products can be bought at your local store.

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adjective

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noun

(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.

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(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.

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(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.

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(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.

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(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.

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Origin of Bought

From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after Middle English bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight.

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