Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Ne /(nē)/ · IPA /nə/ adv. conj. 01 adv. Not; never. 1. Not; never.[Obs.] “He never yet no villany ne said.” — Chaucer. 02 conj. Nor. 1. Nor.[Obs.] “No niggard ne no fool.” — Chaucer. Phrases & compounds Ne . . . ne — neither . . . nor.