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Definition of Mought
1. imp. Might.
Definition of Mought
1. Verb. (context: now US dialect) (alternative form of might) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mought
1. may [v] - See also: may
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mought
Literary usage of Mought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 You mought as well look for a needle in a haystack, as try to find a nigger
... 1848 You mought jest as well go to a meetin house to borrow a handsaw, ..."
2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"mought I ask what you call yourself?" " Yes, I do," replied Nellie, making an
effort of repression which was truly sublime, and withholding her ready tongue ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
""Yow mought as well 'a dunt aa nut." You might as well have done it as not. 8.
as of. 'A'va touch 'a the Sheers in um." He has a touch of the Shires in him. ..."
4. The Boke Named The Gouernour by Thomas Elyot (1883)
"... his crowne at Rome, the people with a commune crye desired of god that he
mought be as good as was ..."
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