Definition/Meaning of aught

• English - Pronoun: aught (archaic, dialectal) Anything whatsoever, any part. for aught I know/care c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]: […] wouldst thou aught with me?
• English - Adverb: aught (not comparable) (archaic, not comparable) At all, in any degree, in any respect. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]: […] and if your loveCan labour aught in sad invention,Hang her…
• English - Noun: aught (plural aughts) (archaic) Whit , the smallest part, iota . aught (plural aughts) (proscribed, sometimes) Zero . The digit zero. aught (uncountable) (regional, uncountable) Estimation . in my aught (regional, uncountable) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught"). an event of aught (obsolete, rare, regional, uncountable) Esteem , respect . a man of aught — a man of high…
• English - Verb: aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted) (dialectal, obsolete) Obsolete or dialectal form of ought
• English - Numeral: aught (dialectal, obsolete) Obsolete or dialectal form of eight . 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III) (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC: Seven — aught — aught tines on the antlers. By G—d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season!