No Encyclopedia Entry for Ought Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (v.) To be under obligation to do something. 2. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. 3. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Owned; possessed. 4. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation. 5. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed. 6. (p. p.) of Owe
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