aught1 (at)

or pron. [In two forms: (1) aught aught, 1 orig. long, awiht; (2) ought, Is there aught else, my friends, I can do for you? Add is on, Cato, iv. 4. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. aught (at), adv. [ME. aught, etc.; prop. acc. of the noun.] In any respect; espect; in any way; at all; by any chance. Can he aught telle a mery tale or tweye? Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 44. Thereon mused he If that the childes moder were aught she That was his wyf. Chaucer , Man of Law's Tale, 1. 936. aught2t, v. An obsolete form of ought2 .