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In some senses, mought is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
mought
/maʊt/
verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
little
VERB + MOUGHT
call
MOUGHT + NOUN
c, captain, ueny
PREP.
off
ADV.
tly
Definitions
verb
1
Alternative form of might.
"I'm a plain man; rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off. What you mought call me? You mought call me captain..."
‘Mought be a little in the barn. But dont let him hyear us, er he'll find hit and po hit out.’
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"I'm a plain man; rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off. What you mought call me? You mought call me captain..."
Wiktionary02
‘Mought be a little in the barn. But dont let him hyear us, er he'll find hit and po hit out.’
Wiktionary03
sythe I suppose in my selfe þᵗ yf we had mought cõuenyẽtly cum to gether ye wold rather haue chosĩ to haue hard my mynde of myn owne mouth thã by þᵉ mean of a nother (Modern Spelling) Since I suppose
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