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  1. Not; never; nay. [Obsolete or archaic.] Of xiiij that he brought … ne myght he not assemble vj that alle ne were dede or taken, and ne hadde be oon a-venture that fill, ther hadde neuer of hem ascaped oon a-wey. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 237. Is't true? Ne let him runne into the warre, And lose what limbes he can: better one branch Be lopt away then all the whole tree should perish. Chapman, All Fools, i.
  2. Nor. For he thoughte nevere evylle ne dyd evylle. Mandeville, Travels, p. 2. No Indian drug had e'er been famed, Tobacco, sassafras not named; Ne yet of guacum one small stick, sir. B. Jonson, Volpone, ii. 1.

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  • The mise en scène, and the coolness of the performers, did the rest. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • On one side of the square reserved for the P'hra-mène, a vast hall is erected to accommodate the Supreme King and his family while attending the funeral ceremonies. —  The English Governess at the Siamese Court
  • The centre of the P'hra-mène is a lofty octagon; and directly under the great spire is a gorgeous eight-sided pyramid, diminishing by right-angled gradations to a truncated top, its base being fifty or sixty feet in circumference, and higher by twenty feet than the surrounding buildings. —  The English Governess at the Siamese Court
  • There is also at each of the four corners of the P'hra-mène, an artificial tree, bearing gold and silver fruit, which is plucked by officers of the court, and tossed to the poor on every side. —  The English Governess at the Siamese Court
  • Nevertheless, early on the morning of August 11 it was announced that Roderigo Borgia was elected Pope, and we have it on the word of Valori that the election was unanimous, for he wrote on the morrow to the Council of Eight (the Signory of Florence) that after long contention Alexander VI was created "omnium consensum -- ne li manco un solo voto." —  The Life of Cesare Borgia
 

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  1. from Middle English ne, from Anglo-Saxon ne = Old Saxon ne, ni = OFries. ni, ne = Middle Dutch ne, en, Dutch en = Middle Low German ne = Old High German ni, ne, Middle High German ne = Icelandic nē = Gothic (Moesogothic) ni = Irish Gaelic W. ni = Latin ne (later Italian nè = Old French ne, ni, French ne, ni) = Greek νη-, prefix, = Sanskrit na, not. This negative contracts with certain following words beginning with a vowel (or h or w) to form a word of opposite sense, as in nay, no, no, none, nor, neither, and, formerly, to negative some auxiliary verbs, as nam, ne am, nart, ne art, nis, ne is, nab, ne have, nas, ne was, ne has, nere, ne were, nill, ne will, etc.
  2. from Middle English ne, from Anglo-Saxon ne, conjunction; from ne, adv.
 

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