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NOR

\nˈɔː], \nˈɔː], \n_ˈɔː]\

Definitions of NOR

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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And not; a negative connective used after the negatives neither and not to continue or complete their meaning: called a correlative of neither or not.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A particle marking the second or subsequent part of a negative proposition:-correlative to NEITHER or NOT.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Expressing denial, corresponding to neither or not.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

And not; likewise not.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A word that denies or renders negative the second or subsequent part of a proposition; sometimes used for neither.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

conj. [Anglo-Saxon] A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither or not in the first. Occasionally, nor is used in the first member as well as the second.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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