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Definition of To set at naught
To set at naught Naught Naught, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS.
n?wiht, n?uht, n?ht; ne not + ? ever + wiht thing, whit;
hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf.
Aught, Not.]
1. Nothing. [Written also nought.]
Doth Job fear God for naught? --Job i. 9.
2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.
To set at naught, to treat as of no account; to disregard;
to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. ``Ye have set
at naught all my counsel.' --Prov. i. 25.