tauten

== English == === Etymology === From taut +‎ -en. === Verb === tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened) (transitive) To make taut; to taut. (ergative) To become taut. === Anagrams === UNTAET, attune, nutate == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === tauten inflection of tauen: first/third-person plural preterite first/third-person plural subjunctive II