Definition of "ne" in English

adverb

1. (obsolete or deliberately archaic) Not.

   • For she ne dare doo, but to commande.
   • This shold haue bene his skuce at the lest / And it ne had bene but good & honest.
   • O so incessaunt thow ad in thy desyre / For so that thow thy mynde now mayst haue / Thow ne caryst what thow dost requyre.

conjunction

1. (obsolete) Nor.

adverb

1. (New Zealand) "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).