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Not but
(gcide) | Not \Not\, adv. [OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as
E. naught. See Naught.]
A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or
refusal.
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Not one word spake he more than was need. --Chaucer.
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Thou shalt not steal. --Ex. xx. 15.
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Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. --Job vii. 8.
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The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it? --Bp.
Sanderson.
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Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.]
--Chaucer.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
To doubt not but
(gcide) | Doubt \Doubt\, v. t.
1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to;
to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe;
to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard
the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
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To admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
--Pope.
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I doubt not that however changed, you keep
So much of what is graceful. --Tennyson.
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To doubt not but.
I do not doubt but I have been to blame. --Dryden.
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We doubt not now
But every rub is smoothed on our way. --Shak.
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Note: That is, we have no doubt to prevent us from believing,
etc. (or notwithstanding all that may be said to the
contrary) -- but having a preventive sense, after verbs
of "doubting" and "denying" that convey a notion of
hindrance. --E. A. Abbott.
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2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. [Obs.]
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Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God. --R. of
Gloucester.
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I doubt some foul play. --Shak.
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That I of doubted danger had no fear. --Spenser.
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3. To fill with fear; to affright. [Obs.]
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The virtues of the valiant Caratach
More doubt me than all Britain. --Beau. & Fl.
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