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conjunction

If conj.

In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; introducing a condition or supposition. "Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if OEdipus deserve thy care." "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread."

Whether; in dependent questions. "Uncertain if by augury or chance." "She doubts if two and two make four."

As if, But if. See under As, But.

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Etymology of 'If'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... against a piece of wood and turning the stick around rapidly. Sometimes this was done by twirling it between the palms of the hands, sometimes by wrapping the string of a little bow around the stick and moving the bow back and forth as if fiddling. The revolving stick would form a fine dust which the heat caused by friction ...

— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster

... auspices at a time set apart by the school and for which school credit is given when it meets reasonable educational standards. The week-day school of religion is still in an experimental stage. It has been established longest in cities, but is now being attempted in rural communities, and if sectarian dogmatism and jealousies can be submerged, there seems every reason to hope that this may be a most important feature ...

— The Farmer and His Community • Dwight Sanderson

... table, but Anthony's place, on the steward's left hand, brought him very close to the end of the first table where Sir Richard sat. Dinner was half way through, when Mr. Scot who was talking to Anthony, was suddenly silent and lifted his hand as if to ...

— By What Authority? • Robert Hugh Benson

... and object of teaching and of training is but too little realised. In the endeavour to know a little of all things we seem to have lost the capacity for true and exhaustive knowledge of anything. It would appear as if the remedy for this most unsatisfactory state of things has to commence long before the years of adolescence, even while the child is yet in its cradle. The old-fashioned ideas of duty, obedience, and discipline must be once more ...

— Youth and Sex • Mary Scharlieb and F. Arthur Sibly

... 13,412. If they had had money, would they have been able to get exactly the same article at a cheaper rate?-The cloth was pretty moderate, because, when I brought it from Grutness, Mr. Bruce asked me how it would range with the cloth Mr. Henderson had. I told him it was dearer, and he said he ...

— Second Shetland Truck System Report • William Guthrie

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