'Not' definitions:
Definition of 'not'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
Definition of 'Not'
From: GCIDE
- Not \Not\ [Contr. from ne wot. See 2d Note.] Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Not'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Not one word spake he more than was need. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt not steal. --Ex. xx. 15. [1913 Webster]
- Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. --Job vii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it? --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster]
- Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]