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Webster 1913 Edition


Not

Not

.
[Contr. from
ne wot
. See 2d
Note
.]
Wot not; know not; knows not.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Not

,
Adj.
Shorn; shaven.
[Obs.]
See
Nott
.

Not

,
adv.
[OE.
not
,
noht
,
nought
,
naught
, the same word as E.
naught
. See
Naught
.]
A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.
Not
one word spake he more than was need.
Chaucer.
Thou shalt
not
steal.
Ex. xx. 15.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am
not
.
Job vii. 8.
The question is, may I do it, or may I
not
do it?
Bp. Sanderson.
Not . . . but
, or
Not but
,
only.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Not

NOT

,
adv.
[See Naught.]
1.
A word that expreses negation, denial or refusal; as, he will no go; will you remain? I will not. In the first member of a sentence, it may be followed by nor or neither; as not for a price nor reward; I was not in sfety, neither had I rest.
2.
With the substantive verb in the following phrase, it denies being, or denotes extinction of existence.
Thine eyes are open upon me, and I am not. Job 7.

Definition 2024


nôt

nôt

See also: not, Not, NOT, nót, nốt, nőt, not., and Appendix:Variations of "not"

West Frisian

Noun

nôt n

  1. grain (collective name for a variety of crops including rice, wheat and corn)