Hypertext Webster Gateway: "not"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Not \Not\ [Contr. from ne wot. See 2d {Note}.]
Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Not \Not\, a.
Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See {Nott}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Not \Not\, adv. [OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as
E. naught. See {Naught}.]
A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or
refusal.
Not one word spake he more than was need. --Chaucer.
Thou shalt not steal. --Ex. xx. 15.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. --Job vii. 8.
The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it? --Bp.
Sanderson.
{Not . . . but}, or {Not but}, only. [Obs. or Colloq.]
--Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
not
adv : negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends";
"not many"; "not much"; "not at all"
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