Definition of ought

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Ought (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..

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Modal :: Modal (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought..
Ploughtail :: Ploughtail (n.) The hind part or handle of a plow.
Pensiveness :: Pensiveness (n.) The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
Ideation :: Ideation (n.) The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
Hypnocyst :: Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts..
Maculate :: Maculate (a.) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts..
Intent :: Intent (a.) Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation..
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Substantive :: Substantive (n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives..
Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
Incogitativity :: Incogitativity (n.) The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking.
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
Chirologist :: Chirologist (n.) One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.
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Drought :: Drought (n.) Scarcity; lack.
Farfetched :: Farfetched (a.) Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
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Mought :: Mought (imp.) Might.
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