N

Abbreviation of northeast. Latin. adv. Not, never.

 - adv. Truly, indeed, verily, assuredly, (particle of assurance), (with personal pron).

 - conj. That... not, in order that ... not, in order not to. - Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (ne+ever) and none. Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See Negative. conj. Nor.