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Webster 1913 Edition
No
No
(nō)
, Adj.
Not any; not one; none;
as, yes, we have
; – often used as a quantifier. no
bananasLet there be
no
strife . . . between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8.
That goodness is
no
name, and happiness no
dream. Byron.
☞ In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. “No man.” “Noon apothercary.”
Chaucer.
No
,adv.
[OE.
no
, na
, AS. nā
; ne
not + ā
ever. AS. ne
is akin to OHG. ni
, Goth. ni
, Russ. ne
, Ir., Gael. & W. ni
, L. ne
, Gr. νη
(in comp.), Skr. na
, and also to E. prefix un-
. √ 193. See Aye
, and cf. Nay
, Not
, Nice
, Nefarious
.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; – a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
We do
no
otherwise than we are willed. Shakespeare
I am perplx’d and doubtful whether or
I dare accept this your congratulation.
no
I dare accept this your congratulation.
Coleridge.
There is none righteous,
no
, not one. Rom. iii. 10.
No
! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge.
No
(nō)
, Noun.
pl.
Noes
(nōz)
. 1.
A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
2.
A negative vote; one who votes in the negative;
as, to call for the ayes and
noes
; the noes
have it.