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  • 21not — negative particle, mid 13c., unstressed variant of noht, naht in no way (see NAUGHT (Cf. naught)). As an interjection to negate what was said before or reveal it as sarcasm, it is first attested 1900; popularized 1989 by Wayne s World sketches on …

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  • 22Not — Not, a. Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See {Nott}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23not — a good idea, forget it    Maybe we should buy a Lada. Not …

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  • 24NOT — /not/, n. a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive. * * * …

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  • 25Not. — Not.     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Abbreviations     ► Abbreviation in general use, chiefly Ecclesiastical     Notitia ( Knowledge ) The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat …

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  • 26not — not, nóturi, s.n. (înv. şi reg.) înot. Trimis de blaurb, 25.04.2007. Sursa: DAR …

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  • 27Not — Nom de personne d origine germanique, pour lequel il faut envisager deux hypothèses. Soit la forme Nodo (nod = nécessité). Soit, en pays catalan, une forme N Ot, avec la particule de politesse en (n devant voyelle), utilisée au Moyen Âge pour… …

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  • 28not — [[t]nɒ̱t[/t]] ♦ (Not is often shortened to n t in spoken English, and added to the auxiliary or modal verb. For example, did not is often shortened to didn t .) 1) NEG You use not with verbs to form negative statements. The sanctions are not… …

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  • 29not — adverb 1 used to make a word or expression negative: “Can we go to the park?” “No, not today, dear.” | Lorna was not a tidy child and left toys everywhere. | The store is open all week but not on Sundays. | Sally will not eat meat. | You were… …

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  • 30Not — Aus der Not eine Tugend machen: eine schlimme Lage geschickt ausnutzen. Am frühesten bezeugt ist die Redensart in lateinischer Form bei dem Kirchenvater Hieronymus (etwa 331 420). Er sagt in seiner Schrift ›Adversus libros Rufini‹ (III,2): »Facis …

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