ne

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Nebraska: a state of the United States.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of New English.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of New England: a geographic region of the United States.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of New Executable (executable file format used by early 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows and IBM OS/2).

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of northeast, a cardinal point of the compass.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of norepinephrine.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of northern epilepsy syndrome

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of northeastern.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of not evaluated.

adv

1. (not-comparable)Not.

   “For she ne dare doo, but to commande.”

   “And whan the good quene herde these pyteous tydynges lytel lacked that the ne dyed for sorowe / wherfore all lamentably the began to complayne her sayenge.”

   “This shold haue bene his skuce at the lest / And it ne had bene but good & honest.”

   “O so incessaunt thow ad in thy desyre / For so that thow thy mynde now mayst haue / Thow ne caryst what thow dost requyre.”

   “For he ne had, nor could increase his line.”

2. (New-Zealand, not-comparable)"Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

   “Then, he had only chuckled again and said, “Well, we got him on the way, ne?””

conj

1. (obsolete)Nor.

   “That than I shall not geve therunto faith ne credence, nor therfore put them to any maner ponyssement, before that they or any of them so accused may be at their lawful defence and answer.”

   “And therin is no drede nor bytternes ne expences, but therin is pure recreacyon of body and of soule soo it be donn in clene places.”

   “Be not to hasty ne sodenly vengeable, to poure folke doo no vyolence.”

   “Moreouer no man be so hardy to drynk fastyng cold water, ne after that he hath accompanyed wyth a woman, ne after gret trauayle, ne after exersice tyll he haue fyrst rested hym, ne by nyght namely yf he haue do gloue tofore.”

   “A false tonge wyll euer Imagyne and saye / That neuer by creature was sayd ne thought.”