Dictionary entry

No (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

No, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. ; ne not + ā ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. νη (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. √ 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; — a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.

We do no otherwise than we are willed. Shak.

I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no

I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge.

There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10.

No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge.