† non-habencen.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: non- prefix, Latin habēntia.
Etymology: < non- prefix + classical Latin habēntia possession (isolated example; < habent- , habēns , present participle of habēre to have (see habit n.) + -ia -y suffix3); compare -ence suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nǫnhēi·bĕns) /nɒnˈheɪbəns/.
Obsolete.
rare.
the mind > possession > non-possession > [noun]
1865 J. Grote (1876) 27 The degrees of withoutness are (1) simple non-habence [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).