What does mought mean?
Mought means (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of might..
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/maʊt/ · verb
(obsolete outside dialects) 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.’
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 in myself that if we had mought conveniently come together you would rather have chosen to have heard my mind of mine own mouth than by the mean of another.
[The king Solamona] did ordain, that of the strangers that should be permitted to land, as many (at all times) mought depart as would; but as many as would stay, should have very good conditions, and means to live from the State.
Use mought when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mought means (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of might..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"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..."
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