not
In English, not has 3 different meanings When used as adverb it is not (negates the accompanying verb) or even not (to no degree, extent, or way) When used as noun it is nothing, nought or even nobody, no person It can only be used as contraction meaning contraction of ne woot; not to know.
It evolved from 2 origins. Comes from Reduction of nought . Comes from From Old English nāt, first and third person singular of nitan, equivalent to ne + woot and ne + witen.
"not" usage examples
Sentences containing not to see its usage in context.
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but thy eternall Sommer shall not fade , nor loose possession of that faire thou ow'st , nor shall death brag thou wandr'st in his shade , when in eternall lines to time thou grow'st |
But your eternal summer will never fade, nor will you lose the beauty you possess; nor will death boast that you wander in his shade, for you will live on in these immortal lines. |