[] 非



not
[ adv ]
negation of a word or group of words
<adv.all>
he does not speak Frenchshe is not going
they are not friends
not many
not much
not at all




Not \Not\, adv. [OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as
E. naught. See {Naught}.]
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.


Not \Not\ [Contr. from ne wot. See 2d {Note}.]
Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Not \Not\, a.
Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See {Nott}.