Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NEV-ER-THE-LESS', [comp. of never, the and less.]

Not the less; notwithstanding; that is, in opposition to any thing, or without regarding it. "It rained, nevertheless we proceeded on our journey;” we did not the less proceed on our journey; we proceeded in opposition to the rain, without regarding it, or without being prevented.

NEV-ER-TIR-LNG, a.

Never enduring weariness. Vetplanck.

NEW, a. [Sax. neow; D. nieuw; G. neu; Sw. and Dan. ny; L. novas; It. nuovo; Sp. nuevo; Gr. {foreign}; Fr. neuf; Arm. nevez; Ir. nua, nuadh; W. newya; Russ. novie; Hindoo, nava, nou; Sans. nawa; Pers. {foreign}; nau.]

1. Lately made, invented, produced or come into being that has existed a short time only; recent in origin; novel; opposed to old, and used of things; as, a new coat; a new home; a new book; a new fashion; a new theory; the new chimistry; a new discovery. 2, Lately introduced to our knowledge; not before known recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new species of animals or plants found in foreign countries; the new continent.
2. Modem; not ancient.
3. Recently produced by change; as, a new life. Put on the new man. Eph. iv.
4. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. Heretics and such as instill their poison into new minds. Rooker sew to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope.
5. Renovated; repaired so as to recover the first state. Men, after long emaciating diets, wax plump, fat, and almost new. Bacon.
6. Fresh after any event. New from her sickness to that northern air. Dryden.
7. Not of ancient extraction or a family of ancient distinction. By superior capacity and extensive knowledge, a new man often mounts to favor. Addison.
8. Not before used; strange; unknown. They shall speak with new tongues. Mark xii.
9. Recently commenced; as, the new year.
10. Baying passed the change or conjunction with the sun as, the new moon.
11. Not cleared and cultivated, or lately cleared; as, net land. America.
12. That has lately appeared for the first time; as, a net star. New is much used in composition to qualify other words, an always bears its true sense of late, recent, novel, fresh in new-born, new-made, new-grown, new-formed, new-fount In this use, teem may be considered as adverbial, or as a pm of the compound.

NEW, v.t.

To make new. [Not used.] Cowel.

NEW'-BORN, a.

Recently born. I Pet. ii.

NEW-COIN-ED, a.

Fresh from the mint; newly formed.

NEW-COMER, n.

One who has lately come. Irving.

NEWEL, n.

1. In architecture, the upright post about which are formed winding stairs, or a cylinder of stone formed b the end of the steps of the winding stairs.
2. Novelty. [Not used.] Spenser.

NEWEST, a. superl.

Most new; most recently introduced.

NEW-FAB'RI-CA-TED, a.

Newly made. Burke.

NEW-FANCI-ED, a.

Newly fancied.

NEW-FANG'LED, a. [new and fangle.]

New made; formed with the affectation of novelty; in contempt. Newfangled devices. Atterbury.

NEW-FANGLED-NESS, n.

Vain or affected fashion or form. Sidney. Carew.

NEW-FASHION-ED, a.

Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

NEW-FOUND', a.

Newly discovered.

NEW'ING, n.

Yeast or berm. Ainsworth.

NEW-IN-VENT'ED, a.

Newly invented.

NEW'ISH, a.

Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.

NEW'LY, adv.

1. Lately; freshly; recently. He rubb'd. it o'er with newly gathered mint. Dryden.
2. With a new form, different from the former. And the relined mind doth newly fashion Into a fairer form. Spenser.
3. In a manner not existing before.

NEW-MADE, a.

Newly made or formed. Moore.

NEW-MOD'EL, v.t.

To give a new form to.

NEW-MOD'EL-ED, pp.

Formed after a new model.

NEW-MODEL-ING, ppr.

Giving a new form to.

NEWNESS, n.

1. Lateness of origin; recentness; state of being lately invented or produced; as, the newness of a dress; the newness of a system.
2. Novelty; the state of being first known or introduced. The newness of the scene was very gratifying.
3. Innovation; recent change. An happy newness that intends old right. Shak.
4. Want of practice or familiarity. His newness shamed most of the others' long exercise. Sidney.
5. Different state or qualities introduced by change or regeneration. Even so we also should walk in newness of life. Rom. vi.

NEWS, n. [from new; Fr. nouvelles. This word has a plural form, but is almost always united with a verb in the singular.]

Recent account; fresh information of something that has, lately taken place at a distance, or of something before unknown; tidings. We have news from Constantinople. News has just arrived. This news is favorable. Evil news rides fast, while good news baits. Milton. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange. A newspaper.