(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:27:59

Non- (?). [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See None.]

A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

⇒ The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.

 

© Webster 1913.

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