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