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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonce  \Nonce\  (n[o^]ns),  n.  [For  the  nonce,  OE  for  the  nones,  a 
  corruption  of  for  then  ones,  where  n.  in  then  is  a  relic  of 
  AS  m  in  [eth]am,  dat.  of  the  article  and  demonstrative 
  pronoun,  E.  the  See  {For},  {Once},  and  {The}.] 
  The  one  or  single  occasion;  the  present  call  or  purpose;  -- 
  chiefly  used  in  the  phrase  for  the  nonce. 
 
  The  miller  was  a  stout  carl  for  the  nones.  --Chaucer. 
 
  And  that  he  calls  for  drink,  I  'll  have  prepared  him  A 
  chalice  for  the  nonce.  --Shak. 
 
  {Nonce  word},  ``a  word  apparently  employed  only  for  the 
  nonce''.  --Murray  (New  English  Dict.). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonce 
  n  :  the  present  occasion;  "for  the  nonce"  [syn:  {time  being}] 




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