aught

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Pronoun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.2.2 See also 1.3.3 Adverb 1.3.4 References 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.2 Verb 1.4.3 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ought

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ôt, IPA: /ɔːt/
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  Rhymes: -ɔːt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English aught, ought < Old English āht from ā (“‘always", "ever’”) + wiht (“‘thing", "creature’”). More at aye, wight

[edit] Pronoun

aught

1. anything
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.

     to other objects, which for aught we know, may be only in appearance similar ;

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[edit] Noun

aught (plural aughts)

1. (archaic) zero

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[edit] See also

• naught
• owt

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aught (not comparable)

1. (archaic) At all, in any degree.

[edit] References

• aught in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English aught, ought < Old English ǣht from āgan (“‘to owe", "to own’”)

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aught (plural aughts)

1. Property; possession

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to aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)

1. to own, possess
2. to owe, be obliged or obligated to

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aught (comparative more aught, superlative most aught)

1. possessed of