Thesaurus: ne

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1. adv. Not; never.
2. adv. Nor.
3. n. the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
4. n. a colorless odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
5. Not; never. [Obs.] He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer. Note: Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See Negative, 2. Nor. [Obs.] Shak. No niggard ne no fool. Chaucer. Ne . . . ne, neither . . . nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
6. Not; never. [Obs.]He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer.
7. n a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts n the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees n a midwestern state on the Great Plains