English Dictionary: Neither | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neither \Nei"ther\, conj. not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more co[94]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor. Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king. --1 Kings xxii. 31. Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me. --Milton. When she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it. --Shak. Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor. [bd]For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all.[b8] --Tyndale. [bd]Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it.[b8] --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). [bd]He is very tall, but not too tall neither.[b8] --Addison. [b8] [bf]I care not for his thrust' [bf]No, nor I neither.'[b8] --Shak. {Not so neither}, by no means. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neither \Nei"ther\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS. n[be]w[?]er, n[be]hw[91][?]er; n[be] never, not + hw[91][?]er whether. The word has followed the form of either. See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Neuter}, {Nor}.] Not either; not the one or the other. Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak. |