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oft (ôft)

adverb

Literary often: now chiefly in compounds an oft-heard expression

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger oft, Dan ofte, Swed ofta, Goth ufta

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