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Webster 1913 Edition

(ŏft; 115)

adv.

[AS.

oft

; akin to OS. & G.

oft

, OHG.

ofto

, Sw.

ofta

, Dan.

ofte

, Icel.

opt

, Goth.

ufta

; of uncertain origin. Cf.

Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.

[Poetic]

Chaucer.

Oft

she rejects, but never once offends.

Pope.

Adj.

Frequent; often; repeated.

[Poetic]

adv.

Often; frequently; not rarely. It was formerly used in prose and may be so used still; but is more generally used in poetry.

Oft she rejects, but never one offends.