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OUGHT. [See Aught, the true orthography.]OUGHT, v. imperfect, aut.1. To be held or bound in duty or moral obligation.These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23.We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Romans 15:1.Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers. Matthew 25:27.2. To be necessary; to behoove.OUGHT not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into glory? Luke 24:26.3. To be fit or expedient in a moral view.My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3:10.4. As a participle, owed; been indebted to.The love and duty I long have ought you.That followed, sir, which to myself I ought [In this sense, obsolete.]5. In Chaucer's time, it was used impersonally. 'Wel ought us werke, ' that is, well it behooveth us to work