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1,442 words match “OUGHT”

FORETHOUGHT a. 2 definitions
Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
FORETHOUGHTFUL a.
Having forethought. [R.]
FOUGHT n.
imp. & p. p. of Fight.
FOUGHTEN n.
p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]
HARD-FOUGHT a.
contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
HIGH-WROUGHT a. 2 definitions
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.
HIGHER THOUGHT n.
See New thought, below.
INWROUGHT p.
Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. Milton.
LOW-THOUGHTED a.
Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.
MERRYTHOUGHT n.
The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.
METHOUGHT n.
of Methinks.
MISTHOUGHT n.
Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser.
MISWROUGHT a.
Badly wrought. Bacon.
MOUGHT n.
of May. Might.
NEW THOUGHT n.
istian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent menta…
NOUGHT n.
See Naught. Chaucer.
OVERWROUGHT p.
Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL n.
The hind part or handle of a plow.
ROUGHT n. 2 definitions
imp. of Reach.
ROUGHTAIL n.
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
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