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for certain territory or waters from being made Tw a land-loupers . . . got me down, and knevelled me Neuerthelatter ye shall seke the Lord your God cuen 
AI._ _.* i i>m.:__ _.i i j.. i sair aneuch. " f * " '- " ..... *. ... . .... 
there, and shall fyndhym yfthou seke hymwitli all lhyn 
hearte and with all thy soule. Jlible of 1551, Deut. iv. 29. 
resulting from any of such acts. 
Also spelled neutralisation. 
neutralize (nu'tral-iz), r. t.; pret. and pp. new- Of. name 1 , t>.] To name; call; tell; say. 
tralized, ppr. neutralizing. [= P. neutraliser = 
Sp. Pg. neutralizar = It. nentra lizzare; as neu- 
tral + -ize.~\ 1. To render neutral; reduce to 
a state of neutrality between different parties 
or opinions. Specifically (a) To bestow by conven- 
tion a neutral character upon (states, persons, and things 
the scene of hostilities or of exclusive national Ealr aneuch. Scott, Guy Mannering, xxiv. 
maritime jurisdiction, as for the Black Sea, nevent (nev'en), r. t. [< ME. neveiien, nenirn, 
1856, and for the Congo in Central Africa, 1885. nempnen,nemnen,<AS.nemnian,nemnan(=OS. nevertheless (nev'er-THe-les'), conj. [< ME. 
(d) The condition of immunity and restriction nemnjan = OHG. nemnan, MHG. nemnen, nen- never the lesse, never the lasse, etc.; < never + the'* 
nen, G. nennen = Icel. nefim = Goth, namnjan), + less 1 .] Not or none the less ; notwithstand- 
uame, < nama (naman-), name: see name 1 , n. i"g- 
They [though] that hyt be so, that there been many other 
Wayesthat men goon byaftur Countrees that theycomen 
tram, nevere the lame thay turne alle un tylle an ende. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 128. 
I wol yow telle. as was me taught also, 
The foure spirites and the bodies sevene, 
By ordre, as ofte I herde my lord hem nevene. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 268. 
lie that neuenes God and sweris fals dispyse God. 
Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 10. 
Yet neuer the lese, sithe I vnderstonde 
Your purpose is to depart owt of the land, 
I wolle fulfllle your pleasur in this case. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1103. 
That which irresistibly strikes us as true, that which 
seems self-evident, that which commends itself to us, may 
nevertheless, we learu, not be true at all. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat Religion, p. 8. 
uvu, I '//'. t;vd. OCCJ /(O .IJHI ctC/.J J.. .LTUl ,, - . 
its wafers and its ports, thrown open to"the mercantTle ever ! not at a y me; at no time, whether n %>*' ( " h '- l< eer + the? + mo,'^.] 
marine of every nation, are formally and in perpetuity in- past, present, or future. 
He ansuerde that he wolde neuer be knyght before that 
the beste knyght of the worlde that eny man knewe hadde 
yove hym armes and the acoole. 
Merlin (E. E. T. &.\ iii. 520. neVCUt, nevewt, n. Obsolete forms of nephew. 
One day we shall blessedly meet again, never to depart. 
, - 
terdicted to the flag of war of either of the Powers pos- 
sessing its coasts or of any other Power." 
J. M'Carthy, Hist. Own Times, xxviii. 
2. In chem., to destroy or render inert or im- 
perceptible the peculiar properties of, by chem- 
ical combination. See neutralization, 1. 
Ammonia neutralizes the mostpowertul acids, and forms 
a very important class of salts. 
W. A. Miner, Elem. of Chem., 868. 
3. To render inoperative ; invalidate ; nullify ; 
counterbalance : as, to neutralize opposition. 
He acts as Archimedes would have done if he had at- 
tempted to move the earth by a lever fixed on the earth. 
The action and reaction neutralise each other. 
Macaulay, West Reviewer's Def. of Mill. 
As one poison will sometimes neutralise another, when 
wholesome remedies would not avail, so he was restrain- 
ed by a bad passion from quafBng his full measure of 
eva Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xi. 
None the more. 
There is another like lawe enacted agaynst wearing of 
Irish apparrell, but nevertftemore is it observed by any. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
, 
Charlicer. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. nevey, nevy (nev'i), n. Dialectal forms of 
tread the earth. 
2. In no degree ; not at 
emphatically. 
" Throw down the ba', ye Jew's daughter, 
Throw down the ba' to me ! " 
"Never a bit," says the Jew's daughter, 
'' Till up to me come ye." 
Let it not displease thee, good Bianca, 
For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. 
Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 77. 
Also spelled neutralise. 
= Syn. 3. Annul, Nullify, Annihilate, Neutralize. These 
words agree in meaning the bringing of a thing to nothing, 
causing it to cease to be absolutely, or as to some special 
relation. Annul represents an official or authoritative act: 
as, to annul an edict. (See abolish.) Nullify, to render in- 
valid or of no avail, is more general and less often official 
a law may be illegally nullified by inert resistance. To an- 
nihilate is to reduce to nothing, and should be used only he 11 shew bl< 1 I'll warrant 
where absolute putting out of existence is meant ; such 
expressions^ as "his army was literally annihilated " are 
nephew. 
levowt, nevot, neyoyt, n. Forms of nephew. 
lew (nu), a. [< ME. newe, nitre, nywe,<.AS. niwe, 
nedwe, niowe = OS. niwi, niuwi = OPries. nie = 
Milton, P.'L., i. 66. D ' "" w = MLG ' nie > ni O e < ni M e > LG - ni j, *> 
IG. mm, tiiuwi, MHG. niuwe, G. neu = Icel. 
h. niujis = W. newydd 
= Ir. Gael, nuadh = Bret, nevez (Old Celtic, in 
i not, place-names, Novo-, Norio-) = L. novus (> It. 
nuovo = Sp. nuevo = Pg. novo = P. neuf) = 
OBulg. novii, novui = Buss, novuii = Lith. nau- 
jas = Gr. vto;, orig. 'viFof = Pers. nan = Skt. 
nava, navya ( > Hind, nau), new ; cf . Skt. nutana, 
She never was to me but all obedience, 
Sweetness, and love. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 4. 
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 
And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, 
That comes to all 
Sever did a more gallant and self-confident little army , 
MJ . ,,. Ining> Gralladaj p . 8 l nyr =^Sw. Dan. ny =jGoth. mitju = 
not a 
Hugh of Lincoln (Child's Ballads, III. 139). ne w ; prob. lit. ' that which now is ' or has just 
appeared, < Skt., etc., nu, Goth, nu, AS. nu, E. 
now : see now. Prom the L. novus are ult. E. 
novel, novelty, etc., innovate, renovate, etc.] 1. 
At this rate a head will be reckoned ne 
being bald. 
Zfy&M'&^tV^*'****'*--, gS^TO ; ^t%vi^ 
Scott, buy Mannering, xxxvii. a short time only: opposed to old, and used of 
cAprussiuns us "ma army was inuruiiv (inni/nlitti'd are *-v -L /. i 
manifestly improper ; ' his army was annihilated " would \ Nmr in this nse . with *B following indefinite article a, J nl UgS : as, a new coat ; a new book ; a new f ash- 
be proper by strong hyperbole, if the army was so broken io Df> " tva1a " t *" " "- ~ - ' *- *' * *- J *- lrtT1 ' H** */? *,* ..:. -.- ~i 
up that no parts of it were ever gathered together again. 
To neutralize is to bring to nothing in respect to some spe- 
cial relation, or to render inoperative or inefficacious in 
respect to certain other agencies or forces, by a contrary 
or counterbalancing force : as, to neutralize an acid ; his 
efforts were neutralized by the influence of his opponent. 
That which is neutralized would naturally have force i 
is equivalent to no, or none, and in the contracted form 
ne'er a is the source of the dialectal or slang adjective nary. 
"Tis no matter : ne'er a fantastical knave of them all 
shall flout me out of my calling. 
Shak., As you Like it, iii. 3. 107.] 
ion; a new idea; new wine; new cheese; new 
potatoes. 
He gan synge this nywe song byuore alle that were ther 
ney. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 56. 
For men seyn alle weys, that newe thynges and newe 
itself ; hence we should not speak of neutralizing a law or P a P er > to tne effect that defendant " never was indebted 
:**,^, v. ia.n ul mnnnur and f>,il ao in tha itAnlMutMiM .,11. ......1 " .. \.: .1. 
Never Indebted, in law, & plea allowed at common law in tydynges ben plesaut to here. Maiuleville. Travels p 314 
actions of debt on simple contracts other than negotiable Hire 
/iy,./i7</> -1- 
neuuanze t 
in manner and form as in the declaration alleged," which 
plea In general put in issue whatever plaintiff might be 
a command. 
neutralizer (nu'tral-i-zer), n. 
-ej-1.] One who or that which neutralizes ; that never such, to whatever extent or degree ; no matter how 
which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the (much, great, etc.); as never before was. 
peculiar properties of anything. Also spelled 
neutraliser. 
-/,.-- required to prove under his declaration. Never so 
One who or that which neutralizes ; that 
. . schoos ful moyste and newe. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T. (ed. HorrisX 1. 457. 
The most calamitous events, either to themselves or 
others, can bring new affliction. 
Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. 
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be : ... 
and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any 
thing whereof it may be said. See, this is new? it hath been 
already of old time, which was before us. Eccl. i. 9, 10. 
Then a whole new loaf was short ! for I know, of course, 
when our bread goes faster. 
Hood, A Rise at the Father of Angling. 
; e^uu, mcj imo me gates BIIUI against i iii'm. 2. Lately introduced to knowledge ; not before 
mLJl g P ' as a Sa " dyl ' Travailes > P- 4 - known ; recently discovered : as* a new metal ; 
a fin this idiom there is a suppressed comparison 'never a new species of animals or plants, 
neutna, ". bee nutria. (at any other time) go rereat. eood. much et<._i A in ths . . ilt 
jiny .-jih. any tnreaa, 
Any toys for your head, 
Of the new'st and finest, finest wear-a? 
Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 327. 
.. - _,.._. ...... . _ ., 3. Appearing in a changed character or con- 
vena), a period of nine days: see novena.] Same nevermore (nev'er-mor'), adv. [< ME. never- dition, or in a changed aspect of opinion, feel- 
This neutralizer should be set on a higher level that no 
further pumping, to the end of the acetate of lime pro- 
cess, may be necessary. Spans' Encyc. Manuf., I. 13. 
Though there be never so moche taken awey thereof on 
the Day, at Morwe it is as fulle azen as evere It was. 
Mandeville., Travels, p. 32. 
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers charm- 
ing never so wisely. Ps. Iviii. 5. 
as novena. 
nevadite (ne-va'dit), . [< Nevada, one of the again; at no future time. 
United States, + -ite'*.] See rhyolite. 
-1 ' , n. [ME., < AS. nefa, nephew : see neph- 
ew.] A nephew. 
Vt of Egipte, riche man, 
Wente Abram in to lond Canaan ; 
And Loth hise neue and Sarray 
Bileften bi-twen Betel and Ay. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 799. 
Preieth a pater noster priuely this time 
i'or the hend erl of Herford, sir Humfray de Bowne 
Ihe king Edwardes newe at Glouseter that ligges 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.) 1 166 
more, nevremore; < never + more 1 .] Never in &> or health, resulting from the influence of 
a change in the dominant idea, principle, or 
habit ; changed from the former state, physical, 
mental, moral, or spiritual, of the same person. 
She wanderd to the dowie glen, 
And nevir mair was sein. 
Sir James the Rose (Child's Ballads, III. 76). 
In our differences with Rome he is strangely vnflx't, and 
And my heart from out that shadow, that lies floating on a new man euery day, as his last discourse-books Medita 
tions transport him. 
Bp. Earle, Micro cosmographie, A Scepticke in Religion. 
the floor, 
Shall be lifted nevermore. Poe, The Haven. 
never-strike (nev'er-strik), n. A man who 
never yields. [Rare.] 
So off went Yeo to Plymouth, and returned with Drew 
and a score of old never-striken. 
Kingsley, Westward Ho, xvi. 
, adv. [ME., < never + 
see j&ff \ :S nd S^? digal = M*M >'*(= BwTlS* fc&r'-' D an . 
neve s t, n. A Middle English form of neaf. 
neve 4 , n. See nceve. 
Sigh 
The full new life that feeds thy breath 
Throughout my frame. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxivi. 
[In the following extract used substantively: 
Ne lu hire wille she chaunged for no newe. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1875.] 
4. Not habituated; unfamiliar; unaccustom- 
> (na-va'), n. [F., < L. nix (niv-), snow: see 
now*.] Same us firn. Also olacier-snow. 
nevel (nev'el), v. t. ; pret. and pp. neveled or 
levelled, ppr. neveling or nevelling. [Also spelled 
erroneously, knevel; freq., < neve, neaf, the fist- 
To pommel; beat "' 
hfltfrf ifiiw n^ti> i M- < 7v. C_Tn ^' ""' ""wHai uuiamniar ; unaccustom- 
NortrThp ^ t' } ' m re ' rather ' but -] ed : as, he is new to his surroundings ; a state- 
JNone the more; not in a greater degree. - A - 
Nawther faltered ne fel the freke neuer-the-helder, 
Hot stythly he start forth vpon styf schonkes. 
Sir Oawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S ) 1 
430. 
ment new to me. 
Twelve young mules, a strong laborious race, 
New to the plough, nnpractis'd in the trace. 
Fenton, in Pope's Odyssey, iv. 861. 
As Mr. Verdant Green was quite new to round bowling 
it was rather too quick for him. 
Cuthbert Bede. Verdant Green, i. 2. 
, .j . ..|-i m i. -,!,-- ;_M I'tci ma iiciti u HHU t~ f\i_i ,1 i 
the law, as a right hang-man, tormenteth his conscience 5 - Other than the former or the old ; different ; 
fyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 35. not the same as before : as, a new horse. 
y. [Also neverthelatter ; < 
r, latter.~\ Nevertheless. 
Nererthelater, many temptations go over his heart, and 
