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aught
CIDE DICTIONARY
aught, n. [AS. ht, fr. āgan to own, p. p. āhte.].
Property; possession. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
aught, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. āwiht, ā ever + wiht. √136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.].
Anything; any part. [1913 Webster]
"There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken." [1913 Webster]
"But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting." [1913 Webster]
aught, adv.
At all; in any degree. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aught, n. (also ought) archaic (usu. implying neg.) anything at all.
aught, var. of OUGHT(2).
THESAURUS
aught
aggrandize, any, any one, anybody, anyone, anything, augment, beef up, boost, cipher, either, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, goose egg, heighten, hike, magnify, multiply, nada, naught, nichts, nihil, nil, nix, no such thing, nothing, nothing at all, nothing on earth, nothing whatever, raise, some, something, somewhat, thing of naught, zero, zilchROGET THESAURUS
aught
Quantity
N quantity, magnitude, size, amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force, mathematics, mathesis, category, general conception, universal predicament, armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful, stock, batch, lot, dose, yaffle, quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few, to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.Part
N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.For further exploring for "aught" in Webster Dictionary Online