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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.

Meaning of To set at naught from wikipedia

- phrases are "bring to naught", "set at naught", and "availeth naught". The Reader's Digest Right Word at the Right Time labels "naught" as "old-fashioned"...
- Blake. McNaught was born in 1973 and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. His parents owned a travel agency in Melbourne. McNaught got his first Lego set from...
- their fair demands—the ownership and control of their livelihoods—are set at naught, we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of...
- arbitration, and it is only when the conditions of the convention have been set at naught that other measures may be emplo****. The United Nations Charter prohibits...
- {\displaystyle \beth _{0}} being equal to ℵ 0 {\displaystyle \aleph _{0}} (aleph naught), the cardinality of any countably infinite set, and the second beth number...
- "sanctity of the Sabbath being set at naught." The mayor of Christchurch supported the churchmen and cabled a protest to Kingsford Smith. As it happened...
- In mathematics, particularly in set theory, the beth numbers are a certain sequence of infinite cardinal numbers (also known as transfinite numbers),...
- and Turk who by the sword, would wrest the kingdom from thy Son, and set at naught all he hath done." The children were slain without mercy, but whether...
- intellectual and moral superiority and to submit to it without complaint, although they set at naught all those privileges which wealth and birth have...
- bestselling historical romance novel written by American author Judith McNaught. It is set during the early 16th century. Jennifer Merrick is the feisty daughter...