and
and is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton.
- 2.It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak.
- 3.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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- abate
- abatement
- abbreviate
- abbreviation
- abbreviature
- abditory
- abecedarian
- abecedary
- abide
- able
- ablude
- about
- above
- abracadabra
- abreast
- abridge
- abridgment
- abroad
- absence
- absinthe
- absolve
- absonant
- abstinence
- abstract
- abysmal
- abyss
- academic
- academician
- academist
- academy
- acarpous
- accede
- accent
- accept
- acceptance
- accessible
- accession
- accessory
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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