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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOCENT

a.[L. to hurt, from striking. ] Hurtful; mischievous; injurious; doing hurt; as nocent qualities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOCENT

No "cent, a. Etym: [L. nocens, p.pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious. ]

 

1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.

 

2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs. ] Foxe.

 

NOCENT

NOCENT No "cent, n.

 

Defn: A criminal. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

NOCENTLY

NOCENTLY No "cent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Hurtfully; injuriosly. [R.]