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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Non \Non\ (n[o^]n), a.
     No; not. See {No}, a. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Non- \Non-\ (n[o^]n-) pref. [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr.
     neoenum, lit., not one. See {None}.]
     A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in
     nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic,
     nonsuit.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by
           means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be
           dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix
           non- could easily be lengthened.
           [1913 Webster]

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Non, posterity; a fish; eternal
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  NON. Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non 
  access, non assumpsit. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  NON-:COMBATANT:, n.  A dead Quaker.
  
  

















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