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None \None\ (n[u^]n), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. n[=a]n, fr. ne not + [=a]n one. [root]193. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]

  1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.

    There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
    --Ps. xiv. 3.

    Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
    --Ex. xvi. 26.

    Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought.
    --Milton.

    None of their productions are extant.
    --Blair.

  2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.

    None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. ``They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.''
    --Fuller.

    None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under London.