Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NON
NO-MO-THET'IC, or NO-MO-THET'IC-ALNON-A-BIL'I-TY
NON, adv. [L.]
Not. This word is used in the English language as a prefix only, for giving a negative sense to words; as in non-residence, non-performance, non-existence, non-payment, non-concurrence, non-admission, non-appearance, non-attendance, non-conformity, non-compliance, non-communion, and the like.
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