- 1. conj. A word/particle">particle which word/expresses">expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. Source: opted
- 2. conj. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. Source: opted
- 3. conj. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. Source: opted
- 4. conj. If; though. See An, conj. Source: opted
- 5. 1. A word/particle">particle which word/expresses">expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, Schmidt's Shak. Lex. 2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton. 3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak. 4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] Chaucer. As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. Bacon. And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth. Source: webster
- 6. c:99/n:1 conj. A word/particle">particle which word/expresses">expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. conj. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. conj. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. conj. If; though. See An, conj. Source: ecdict
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