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aught
I. \ˈäḵt, ˈȯ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English aught, aughte property, possession, from Old English ǣht; akin to Old High German ēht property, Old Norse ātt, ætt family, race, generation, Gothic aihts property, possession, Old English āgan to own — more at own
1. Scotland : ownership, possession
< I am as weel worth looking at as ony book in your aught — Sir Walter Scott >
2. Scotland : property
II. pronoun
also ought \ˈȯt, ˈät\
Etymology: Middle English aught, awiht, from Old English āwiht, ōwiht (akin to Old High German eowiht), from ā, ō ever + wiht creature, thing — more at aye, wight
1. archaic : any least part : anything whatsoever
< go, my son, and see if aught be wanting — Joseph Addison >
2. : all
< for aught he knew to the contrary, it might have been some quack — G.W.Johnson >
III. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from aught (II)
archaic : at all : in any degree : to any extent
< he doesn't care aught for that >
IV. transitive verb
or aucht \ˈäḵt, ˈȯ-\
(past aught or aucht \“\ ; present part aught·ing \-tə̇n, -tiŋ\ ; or aucht·en \-tə̇n\ ; present third singular aughts or aught or auchts or aucht)
Etymology: Middle English aghten, aughten, oughten to be obliged to, to owe — more at ought
1. Scotland : owe
2. Scotland : owe
V. \ˈäḵt, ˈȯ-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English aghte, aughte, oughte possessed, owned, owed, past & past participle of aghen, aughen, awen to possess, own, owe — more at owe
Scotland : possessed of
VI. \ˈäḵt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English aghte, aughte, variant of eighte — more at eight
1. Scotland : eight
2. Scotland : eighth
VII. \ˈȯt, ˈät\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a naught) of naught
1. : zero, cipher
2. archaic : nonentity, nothing |