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(), v. t.[AS. hntan to strike against, imp. hnt.] To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.] Note (). [AS. nt; ne not + wt wot. See Not, and Wot.] Know not; knows not. [Obs.] Note n.Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer. Note n.[AS. notu use, profit.] Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer. Note n.[F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See Know.] 1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. 3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton. 4. A brief writing intended to assist th Note (), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Noted; p. pr. & vb. n.Noting.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Macaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. スポンサード リンク
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