Definition of ought

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Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed..

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Scatter-brain :: Scatter-brain (n.) A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
Generalizable :: Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule..
Thrombosis :: Thrombosis (n.) The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance..
Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic..
Lindia :: Lindia (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda..
Non-feasance :: Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance..
Woodwork :: Woodwork (n.) Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.
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Subjected :: Subjected (a.) Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.
Improper :: Improper (a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress..
Nought :: Nought (n. & adv.) See Naught.
Due :: Due (a.) Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable..
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Puddler :: Puddler (n.) One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
Rought :: Rought () imp. of Reck, to care..
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
Houseleek :: Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen..
Drowth :: Drowth (n.) See Drought.
Maieutical :: Maieutical (a.) Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language..
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