Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Dont (don't)
dont (don't), v. [contraction form; see do, v. and not, adv.]
- Do not; [auxiliary for a negated action.]
- Doesn't; does not; [colloquial auxiliary for a negated action in the third person.]
- Phrase. “dont you know”: do you not know? [negated question for affirmative emphasis] surely you know; certainly you do know.
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