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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Non \Non\ (n[o^]n), adjective No; not. See {No}, adjective --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [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.
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.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
NON-:COMBATANT:, noun A dead Quaker.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Non, posterity; a fish; eternal
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