† exˈtraught, pa. pple. Obs.
Also 6 extraght, -aucte, -aughte, -aute.
[var. of extract pple.; cf. distraught.]
1. In senses of extract v. a. Taken out (from books). b. Derived, descended.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. i. 1 All sciences are extraught and compiled of diuerse clerkes. a 1533 ― Huon clxi. 625 None that semeth more to be extraute of a hye lynage. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. ii. 142 Sham'st thou not, knowing whence thou art extraught, To let thy tongue detect thy base-borne heart? |
2. = distraught. Const. from, of.
| 1553 Brende Q. Curtius Y iij, A woman..being extraught of her minde. 1575 Laneham Let. (1871) 93 He that..occupyeth hymself by excessive studye is in daunger for to be extraught from hymself. |