Anagrams of: BOUGHTEN

• an advantageous purchase

• obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

• make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

• be worth or be capable of buying

• acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

• accept as true

• any of the larger branches of a tree

• make tough or tougher

• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

• as much as necessary

• sufficient for the purpose

• a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

• The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).

• Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.

• Bunium bulbocastanum (black cumin) of the Apiaceae.

• Certain rushpea, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae.

• Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae.

• (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• Property; possession

• Duty; place; office