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aught1

–noun

1.	anything whatever; any part: for aught I know.

–adverb

2.	Archaic. in any degree; at all; in any respect.

Also, ought.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME aught, ought, OE āht, āwiht, ōwiht, equiv. to ā, ō ever + wiht thing, wight¹

]

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–noun

a cipher (0); zero.

Also, ought.

[Origin: a naught, taken as an aught (cf. auger). See naught

]

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–verb (used with object) Scot.

1.	to own; possess.

2.	to owe (someone or something); be obligated to.

–adjective

3.	possessed of.

–noun

Archaic.

a.	ownership; possession.

b.	property; a possession.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE æht; c. OHG éht, Goth aihts; akin to owe, own

]

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–adjective Scot.

eight.

eighth.

[Origin: ME aghte, aughte, var. of eighte; see eight

]

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aught¹ also ought Audio Help   (ôt) Pronunciation Key
pron.   Anything whatever: "Neither of his parents had aught but praise for him" (Louis Auchincloss).

adv.   Archaic In any respect; at all.

[Middle English, from Old English āuht; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

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aught² also ought Audio Help (ôt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A cipher; zero.
Archaic Nothing.

[From an aught, alteration of a naught; see naught.]

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aught (1)

"something," O.E. awiht "aught, anything, something," lit. "e'er a whit," from P.Gmc. *aiwi "ever" (from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity.") + *wihti "thing, anything whatever" (see wight). In Shakespeare, Milton and Pope, aught and ought occur indiscriminately.

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aught (2)

"nothing, zero," faulty sep. of a naught (see naught).

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aught
noun
a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

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Aught

Aught\, Aucht \Aucht\, n. [AS. ?ht, fr. [=a]gan to own, p. p. [=a]hte.] Property; possession. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

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Aught

Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a] ever + wiht. [root]136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.] Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. --Josh. xxi. 45

But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison.

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Aught

Aught\ ([add]t), adv. At all; in any degree. --Chaucer.

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