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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Neither \Nei"ther\, conj. not either generally used to introduce the first of two or more co["o]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king. --1 Kings xxii. 31. Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me --Milton. When she put it on she made me vow That I should neither sell nor give nor lose it --Shak. Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor ``For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all.'' --Tyndale. ``Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it.'' --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not no). ``He is very tall, but not too tall neither.'' --Addison. '' `I care not for his thrust' `No, nor I neither.''' --Shak. {Not so neither}, by no means [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Neither \Nei"ther\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never not + hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf {Neuter}, {Nor}.] Not either not the one or the other Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: neither adv : after a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and neither were they"; "just as you would not complain, neither should he"
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