Definition of Ought
Pronunciation:
ạt
n. & adv.
1.
See
Aught
.
imp., p. p
1.
Was
or
were
under
obligation
to
pay
;
owed
.
This
due
obedience
which
they
ought
to
the
king
.
- Tyndale.
The
love
and
duty
I
long
have
ought
you
.
- Spelman.
[
He
]
said
. . .
you
ought
him
a
thousand
pound
.
- Shak.
2.
Owned
;
possessed
.
The
knight
the
which
that
castle
ought
.
- Spenser.
3.
To
be
bound
in
duty
or
by
moral
obligation
.
We
then
that
are
strong
ought
to
bear
the
infirmities
of
the
weak
.
- Rom. xv. 1.
4.
To
be
necessary
,
fit
,
becoming
,
or
expedient
;
to
behoove
; -
in
this
sense
formerly
sometimes
used
impersonally
or
without
a
subject
expressed
.
To
speak
of
this
as
it
ought
,
would
ask
a
volume
.
- Milton.
Ought
not
Christ
to
have
suffered
these
things
?
- Luke xxiv. 26.
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