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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Non \Non\, a. No not See {No}, a. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Non- \Non-\ [L. non, OL noenu, noenum fr neoenum lit., not one See {None}.] A prefix used in the sense of not un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit. Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: non adj : (prefix) reverse of or absence of "`nonhuman' is a negative term containing `non' as a prefix" From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Non, posterity; a fish; eternal From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: NON-:COMBATANT:, n. A dead Quaker.
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