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Pronunciation : No
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.]
Definition : Defn: Not any; not one; none. Let there be no strife ... between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron.

Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : No
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [OE. no, na, AS. na; ne not + a ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. sq. root 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.]
Definition : Defn: Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : No
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.

2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.

pl. Noes (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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