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nonce |
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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