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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ne-fănd′, a. p. 880Nefandous. [Obs.]Ne-făn'doŭs, a. p. 880Not to be named; unfit to speak of; abominable. [Obs.] Sheldon.Ne-fā’ri-oūs, a. p. 880Wicked in the extreme; abominable; atrociously villainous; detestably vile. Syn. — Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; dreadful; atrocious; infamous; impious. See INIQUITOUS.Ne-fā'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 880With extreme wickedness; abominably.Ne-fā'ri-ōus-ness, n. p. 880The quality of being nefarious.Ne-ga'tion, n. p. 880The act of denying; assertion of the non-reality or untruthfulness of any thing; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; — the opposite of affirmation. Our…Nēg'a-tive, a. p. 880Implying denial, negation, or difference; asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; — opposed to…Nēg'a-tīve, n. p. 880A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. This…Nĕg'a-tive, v. t. p. 880To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove. The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles. Paley. 2. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the…Nĕg'a-tive-ly, adv. p. 880In a negative manner; with or by denial. “He answered negatively.” Boyle. 2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; — opposed to positively. I shall show what this image of God in…Nĕg'a-tive-ness or Nĕg'a-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 880The quality of being negative.Nĕg'a-to-ry, a. p. 880Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. [Rare.]Neg-léct’, v. t. p. 880Not to treat with due attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, or the like; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to…Neg-lēct’, n. p. 880Omission of proper attention; forbearance of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed any thing; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of…Neg-lēct'ed-ness, n. p. 880State of being neglected.Neg-lēct'er, n. p. 880One who neglects.Neg-lēct'ful, a. p. 880Full of neglect; heedless; careless; inattentive. Pope. 2. Accustomed or apt to omit what may or ought to be done. 3. Treating with neglect or slight. 4. Indicating neglect, slight, or indifference…Neg-lĕct'ful-ly, adv. p. 880In a neglectful manner; with heedless inattention; with careless indifference.Neg-lĕct'ing-ly, adv. p. 880Carelessly; heedlessly.Neg-léct'ion, n. p. 880The state of being negligent. [Obs.]Neg-léct'ive, a. p. 880Inattentive; regardless. [Obs.]Neg-lĭ-gee', n. p. 880An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; dishabil(l)e; also, a kind of easy dress or dressing-gown formerly worn by ladies. 2. A long necklace, usually of red coral.Neg'li-gence, n. p. 880The quality of being negligent; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. 2. A negligent act; an omission of what ought to be done. Remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his…Nĕg'li-gent, a. p. 880Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; careless; heedless. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent, is not far from being poor. Rambler. Be thou negligent of fame. Swift. Syn.—Careless…Nĕg'li-gent-ly, adv. p. 880In a negligent manner; carelessly; heedlessly; without exactness; as, a person negligently dressed; a piece negligently written; a farm negligently cultivated. 2. With slight, disregard, or…Ne-gōçe', n. p. 880Business; occupation. [Obs. and rare.]Ne-gō'ti-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 880The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.Ne-gō'ti-a-ble, a. p. 880Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.Ne-gō'ti-ant, n. p. 880One who negotiates; a negotiator. [Obs.] Raleigh.Ne-gō'ti-āte, v. i. p. 880To transact business; to treat with another respecting purchase and sale; to hold intercourse in bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm. 2. To hold…Ne-gō'ti-āte, v. t. p. 880To procure by mutual intercourse and agreement with another; to arrange for; to settle by dealing and management. Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago, the Morea, and Sicily…Ne-gō'ti-ā'tion, n. p. 880The act of negotiating; the transacting of business in traffic; the treating with another respecting sale or purchase. 2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. Who had lost, with these prizes, forty…Ne-gō'ti-ā'tor, n. p. 880One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.Ne-gō'ti-a-to-ry, a. p. 880Of, or pertaining to, negotiation.Ne-gō'ti-ā'trix, n. p. 880A female who negotiates.Ne-gō'ti-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 880The state of being busy; engrossing occupation. [Obs.] Were this possible, yet would such infinite negotiosity be . . . altogether inconsistent with happiness. Cudworth.Ne-gō'tioŭs, a. p. 881Very busy; busily employed; active. [Obs.]Ne-gō'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 881The state of being busily occupied; employment; activity. [Obs.]Nē'gress, n. p. 881A black woman; a female negro.Nē'gro, n. p. 881A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, high cheek-bones, and thick…Nē'gro-cōrn, n. p. 881The Indian millet or durra; — so called in the West Indies. See DURRA. Simmonds.Nē'gro-hēad, n. p. 881(Com.) Tobacco prepared by softening with molasses, and then pressing it into cakes; — called also Cavendish. Simmonds.Nē'gro-loid, a. p. 881Pertaining to men who have a resemblance to negroes; resembling the negro.Nē-gŭn'do, n. p. 881(Bot.) A genus of small, handsome trees growing in America, having greenish flowers in delicate, drooping clusters, and including but a single species, N. aceroides (Acer negundo of Linnaeus…Nē'gus, n. p. 881A liquor made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon-juice; — so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.Ye-hŭsh'tau, n. p. 881The brazen serpent made in the wilderness by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.Nēif or Nēife, n. p. 881A female born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone. The child of a neif was free, if the father was a freeman. Southey.Nēĭf, n. p. 881The neaf or fist. [Obs.] Sweet knight, I kiss thy neif. Shak.Neigh, v. i. p. 881To utter the natural voice or cry of the horse; to whinny. 2. To scoff or sneer. [Obs. and rare.] “Neighed at his nakedness.” Beau. & Fl.Neigh, n. p. 881The natural voice or cry of a horse; a whinnying.Neigh'bor, n. p. 881A person who lives near one; one whose abode is not far off. 2. An intimate; a confidant. [Rare.] Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsels. Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting…Neigh'bor, a. p. 881Near to another; adjoining; next.Neigh'bor, v. t. p. 881To adjoin; to confine on; to be near to. These grow on the hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. 2. To acquaint with; to make near to, or make familiar. [Obs.] Shak.Neigh'bor, v. i. p. 881To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood. [Rare.]Neigh'bor-hōōd (nā'-), n. p. 881The quality or condition of being a neighbor, or of dwelling near. Consider several states in a neighborhood. Swift. 2. A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which…Neigh'bor-ing, a. p. 881Living or being near; as, the neighboring inhabitants; neighboring countries or nations.Neigh'bor-li-ness, n. p. 881State or quality of being neighborly.Neigh'bor-ly, a. p. 881Becoming a neighbor; kind; civil; social; friendly. Judge if this be neighbourly dealing. Arbuthnot. 2. Cultivating familiar intercourse; interchanging frequent visits; social.Neigh'bor-ly, adv. p. 881With social civility; as, to live neighborly.Neigh'bor-ship, n. p. 881State of being neighbors. [Obs.]