Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.]

[F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]

1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope.

No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.

2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay.

3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.]

They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.

4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.

5. To annotate. [R.]

--W. H. Dixon.

6. To set down in musical characters.

To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Draft \Draft\, a.

1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use.

Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net, Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]

1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select.

Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell.

4. To transfer by draft.

All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill.

Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.

6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)