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nota bene

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no⋅ta be⋅ne

  [noh-tah be-ne; Eng. noh-tuh bey-nee, ben-ee, bee-nee]
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Latin.
note well; take notice.
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no·ta be·ne   (nō'tə běn'ē, bē'nē)   
Abbr. NB
Used to direct attention to something particularly important.

[Latin notā bene, note well : notā, sing. imperative of notāre, to note + bene, well.]
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nota bene 
"mark well, observe particularly," c.1721, from L. nota, second person sing. imper. of notare "to mark" + bene "well."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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