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also ought (awt) pronoun In any respect. [From Middle English,
from Old English from á, ó (ever) + wiht (thing).] [From a
naught, misdivided as an aught.] Other words formed from the
same process of respelling or false splitting are nickname (from
"an ekename"), apron (a napperon), adder (a nadder), uncle (a
nuncle), umpire (a noumpere), auger (a nauger), nonce (from the
phrase "for the nones", by misdivision of "for then ones"). -Anu
"No parent seemed to be aware of him, he made no effort to
approach any of the traders. He patiently sat and waited for
aught." "Now, as ever, I wish not to misrepresent Judge
Douglas's position, question his motives, or do aught that can
be personally offensive to him." They are ill discoverers that
think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
-Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
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