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.
Not , a. Shorn; shaven. [Obs.]
See
Nott.
Not (?). [Contr. from ne wot. See
2d Note.]
Wot not; know not;
knows not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced