Not, adv. 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.]
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