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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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  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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