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Definition of Catched
1. catch [v] - See also: catch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catched
Literary usage of Catched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"Lamb is the most recent author in whose books catched was seen, ... The writer
has found so few modern V writers using catched, and hears it so often in the ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... living creature in it, which, according to the journal, had been fix whole
weeks under the line. We had a very good pal- fage, and catched abundance of ..."
3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"But he held his peace, and set a good face on it; and so went by, and catched no
hurt. Then sang Christian,— " 0 world of wonders I (I can say no less), ..."
4. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H. by Matthew Patten (1903)
"... and I catched 1 Salmon and 2 shad 30th I butchered a Calf of our own that
weighed 32^ £ I gave my Bror Samuell one fore quarter and I lent Mrs Hannah ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Shakespeare did use caught, but used catched once in a while; ... Samuel Johnson
seems to have used caught in his poems and catched in conversation. ..."
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