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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* [[and if]]
* {{l|en|and if}}


===Conjunction===
===Conjunction===
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* [[fain#English|fain]], [[naif#English|naif]], [[naïf#English|naïf]]
* {{l|en|fain}}, {{l|en|naif}}, {{l|en|naïf}}

Revision as of 22:49, 28 April 2016

English

Alternative forms

Conjunction

an if

  1. (archaic) If.
    • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
      Ye are the salt of the erthe. but and if the salt be once unsavery, what can be salted therwith?
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.1:
      Noting this penury, to my selfe I said, An if a man did need a poyson now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here liues a Caitiffe wretch would sell it him.

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