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is (iz)

intransitive verb

be

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger ist < IE *esti (> Sans àsti, Gr esti, L est) < base *es-, to be + -ti, prob. orig. an enclitic pron.

is2 definition

is

  1. island(s)
  2. isle(s)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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