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Webster 1913 Edition
Not
Not
,adv.
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.
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.