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Webster 1913 Edition


Non-

Non-

(nŏn-)
p
ref.
[L.
non
, OL.
noenu
,
noenum
, fr.
neoenum
, lit., not one. See
None
.]
A prefix used in the sense of
not
;
un
-;
in
-; as in
non
attention, or
non
-attention,
non
conformity,
non
metallic,
non
suit.
☞ The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.