aught

pron

1. (archaic, dialectal)Anything whatsoever, any part.

   “for aught I know/care”

   “[…] wouldst thou aught with me?”

   “But go, my Son, and ſee if aught be vvanting / Among thy Father's Friends; […]”

   “Then Proclamation was made, that they that had ought to ſay for their Lord the King againſt the Priſoner at the Bar, ſhould forthwith appear and give in their evidence.”

   “[…]to other objects, which for aught we know, may be only in appearance similar.”

adv

1. (archaic, not-comparable)At all, in any degree, in any respect.

   “[…] and if your love Can labour aught in sad invention, Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, And sing it to her bones [...]”

noun

1. (archaic)Whit, the smallest part, iota.
2. (proscribed, sometimes)Zero.
3. The digit zero.
4. (regional, uncountable)Estimation.

   “in my aught”

5. (regional, uncountable)Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").

   “an event of aught”

6. (obsolete, rare, regional, uncountable)Esteem, respect.

   “a man of aught”

   “Show some aught to your elders, boy.”

verb

1. (alt-of, dialectal, obsolete)Obsolete or dialectal form of ought

num

1. (alt-of, dialectal, obsolete)Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.

   “Seven — aught — aught tines on the antlers. By G—d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season!”