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() aught 1 also ought(ôt)
pron.
Anything whatever: "Neither of his parents had aught but praise for him" Louis Auchincloss.
adv.
Archaic In any respect; at all.
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[Middle English, from Old English uht; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
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aught 2 also ought(ôt)
n.
1. A cipher; zero.
2. Archaic Nothing.
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[From an aught, alteration of a naught; see naught.]
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