nocent

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nocent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nocent \No"cent\ (n[=o]"sent), a. [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.
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     2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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  Nocent \No"cent\, n.
     A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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nocent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nocent
      adj 1: having a tendency to cause harm