Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Oft"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oft \Oft\ ([o^]ft; 115), adv. [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft,
OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta; of
uncertain origin. Cf. {Often}.]
Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic]
--Chaucer.
Oft she rejects, but never once offends. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oft \Oft\, a.
Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oft
adv : many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of
coffee" [syn: {frequently}, {often}, {oftentimes}, {ofttimes}]
[ant: {rarely}, {infrequently}]
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