Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
none . - noun A Middle English form of
noon . - Not; a prefix freely used in English to give a negative sense to words.
- Not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective No; not. See
no , a.
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- adverb Obsolete form of
none .
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- adverb negation of a word or group of words
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Examples
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By reference to the Latin, "non solum _non_ est impossibile a Deo aliquid creari"
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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By reference to the Latin, "non solum _non_ est impossibile a Deo aliquid creari"
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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"_Ah, non, non, mon Dieu, non_, note yat vay!" sez he, joompin 'away from me whin he caught soight o' me fists.
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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Sassarese accepted annually from the Genoese a Podesta, who swore fidelity to their constitution; and the Sassarese assert that while their city was under the protection of Genoa, they only styled that haughty republic in their statutes and diplomas, “_Mater et Magistra, sed non Domina: _” “_non Signora, ma Amica. _”
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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The formula: "_Bona opera non quidem esse causam efficientem salutis, sed tamen causam sine qua non_ -- Good works are indeed not the efficient cause of salvation, but nevertheless an indispensable cause,"
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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[22] It is superfluous to point out the error of the Bollandist text in the phrase _Monuit (Cardinalis Franciscum) coeptum non perficere iter_, where the _non_ is omitted, A. SS., p. 704.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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"The _posse non peccare_ is not the _non posse peccare_," said Sara quickly.
Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange John Oliver Hobbes 1886
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It seems best to read _multis ingenii luminibus non multae tamen artis_ than to put the _non_ before _multis_.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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"_Non, non, non_!" said the captain, raising his hand to tug at one of the rings in his ears.
Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days George Manville Fenn 1870
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"_Mais non, mais non, mais non_ -- come, there is a train going to
The Halo Bettina Von Hutten 1915
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