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# aught

pronoun (old use)

«aught» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) Aught means anything at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/#m1)
2. In «for aught I know» it means as far as I know, for all I know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, a way of asking if someone knows anything about a matter.

### Examples

- Do you know aught of the lost boy? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/#x1)
- If you hear aught, come and tell me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/#x2)
- She may be at home, for aught I know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; in old tales «aught» means anything, not zero, so do not read it as a count

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it means "anything," as in "aught of the carcass."

**Interpretation.** The laws of uncleanness are read as teaching that even a small contact with the dead can make a person unclean until evening.

### Examples

- And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x1)
- And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x2)
- And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x3)
- For all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed aught unseemly to God. (Writings JOB.1.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x4)
- If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (Writings JOB.31.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x5)
- And they said: 'Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.' (Prophets 1SA.12.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths; in old tales «aught» means anything, not zero, so do not read it as a count

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Anything at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/aught/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer common; today we say anything.

### Examples

- And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/aught/#x1)
- Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?" (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/aught/#x2)
- And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/aught/#x3)

### Note

Today: anything.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aught» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aught/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aught» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aught.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «aught» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aught/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aught» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aught.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «aught» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/aught/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aught» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/aught.html) on Mova free.