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[Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Nov"i*ty (?), n. [L. novitas,
fr. novus new.] Newness; novelty. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.

No"vum (?), n. A game at dice,
properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two
principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak.

Now (?), adv. [OE. nou,
nu, AS. nū, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG.
nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., nū, Dan.,
Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. &?;, &?;, Skr. nu,
nū. √193. Cf. New.]

1. At the present time; at this moment; at
the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write
now.

I have a patient now living, at an advanced
age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years
ago.

Arbuthnot.

2. Very lately; not long ago.

They that but now, for honor and for plate,

Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.

Waller.

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