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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A prefix in Middle English and Anglo-Saxon, represented in modern English by an- in answer, a- in along, and (mixed with original on-) by on- in onset, etc.
  • A. Coördinate use.
  • Connective: A word connecting a word, phrase, clause, or sentence with that which precedes it: a colorless particle without an exact synonym in English, but expressed approximately by ‘with, along with, together with, besides, also, moreover,’ the elements connected being grammatically coördinate.
  • When many words, phrases, clauses, or sentences are connected, the connective is now generally omitted before all except the last, unless retained for rhetorical effect. The connected elements are sometimes identical, expressing continuous repetition, either definitely, as, to walk two and two; or indefinitely, as, for ever and ever, to wait years and years.
  • The repetition often implies a difference of quality under the same name; as, there are deacons and deacons (that is, according to the proverb, “There's odds in deacons”); there are novels and novels (that is, all sorts of novels). To make the connection distinctly inclusive, the term both precedes the first member: as, both in England and in France. For this, by a Latinism, and … and has been sometimes used in poetry (Latin and French et … el).
  • Introductive: in continuation of a previous sentence expressed, implied, or understood.
  • In this use, especially in continuation of the statement implied by assent to a previous question. The continuation may mark surprise, incredulity, indignation, etc.: as, And shall I see him again? And you dare thus address me?
  • Adverbial: Also; even.
  • Hence, but and, and also: common in the old ballads.
  • B. Conditional use.
  • If; supposing that: as, and you please
  • Disadvantage ys, that now childern of gramer-scole conneth no more Frensch than can here lift [their left] heele, & that is harm for ham [them] & a [if they] scholle passe the se, & trauayle in strange londes.
  • Often with added if (whence mod. dial. an if, nif, if). Hence, but and if, but if.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • conjunction A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
  • conjunction In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
  • conjunction It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
  • conjunction obsolete If; though. See An, conj.
  • conjunction and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Breath.
  • noun Sea-mist; water-smoke.
  • conjunction As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  • conjunction Expressing a condition.
  • verb intransitive To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.

Etymologies

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From Middle English ande, from Old English anda ("grudge, enmity, malice, envy, hatred, anger, zeal, annoyance, vexation; zeal; injury, mischief; fear, horror") and Old Norse andi ("breath, wind, spirit"); both from Proto-Germanic *andô (“breath, anger, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ane- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with German Ahnd, And ("woe, grief"), Danish ånde ("breath"), Swedish anda, ande ("spirit, breath, wind, ingenuity, intellect"), Icelandic andi ("spirit"), Latin animus ("spirit, soul"). Related to onde.

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From Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end ("and"), from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, *undi, *unþi (“and, furthermore”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an ("and"), North Frisian en ("and"), West Frisian en, in ("and"), Dutch en ("and"), German und ("and"), Danish end ("but"), Swedish än ("yet, but"), Icelandic enn ("still, yet"), Albanian edhe ("and") (dialectal ênde, ênne) , ende ("still, yet, therefore"), Latin antis ("opposite, in front of"), et ("and").

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From Middle English anden, from Old English andian ("to be envious or jealous, envy") adn Old Norse anda ("to breath"); both from Proto-Germanic *andōnan (“to breathe, sputter”). Cognate with German ahnden ("to avenge, punish"), Danish ånde ("to breathe"), Swedish andas ("to breathe"), Icelandic anda ("to breathe"). See above.

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Examples

  • And he shall enter into the quiet and plentiful cities of the Province_ [of _Phoenicia_;] _and_ [to ingratiate himself with the _Jews_ of _Phoenicia_ and _Egypt_, and with their friends] _he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers fathers: he shall scatter among them the prey and the spoil, and the riches_ [exacted from other places;] _and shall forecast his devices against the strong holds_ [of _Egypt_] _even for a time.

    Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684

  • a foundation for perpetual _We must therefore_ acquiesce league and amity with them; in the necessity which denounces but that submission to their our separation, _and hold them_ parliament was no part of our as we hold the rest of mankind, constitution, nor ever in idea enemies in war, in peace if history may be credited; friends. and_ we appealed to their native justice and magnanimity,

    The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States John Marshall 1795

  • [HAMET _leaves_ OZMYN _ (who cannot rise), and both he and_ ZULEMA _fall on_ ALMANZOR, _and press him; he retires, and_ HAMET, _advancing first, is run through the body, and falls.

    The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04 John Dryden 1665

  • We'll close the restaurant for the first time! for two hours on Wedneday, Feb. 16, and the 240 guests will have free access to the dining room, patios..and all of the kitchen and bake areas.

    Jay Weston: Scripps College Receives White House Award Jay Weston 2011

  • We'll close the restaurant for the first time! for two hours on Wedneday, Feb. 16, and the 240 guests will have free access to the dining room, patios..and all of the kitchen and bake areas.

    Jay Weston: Scripps College Receives White House Award Jay Weston 2011

  • We'll close the restaurant for the first time! for two hours on Wedneday, Feb. 16, and the 240 guests will have free access to the dining room, patios..and all of the kitchen and bake areas.

    Jay Weston: Scripps College Receives White House Award Jay Weston 2011

  • We'll close the restaurant for the first time! for two hours on Wedneday, Feb. 16, and the 240 guests will have free access to the dining room, patios..and all of the kitchen and bake areas.

    Jay Weston: Scripps College Receives White House Award Jay Weston 2011

  • We will be making� space in every single institution, national, international, � regional and local in which we find that men and� women do not share power equally.

    Remarks by Bella Abzug at the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Jewish Women's Archive 2010

  •  Pet store owners and their Washington lobbyists are fit to be tied over this nanny commission proposal, and  rightly so.

    No more hamster dance? San Francisco mulls ban on pet sales 2010

  • We will be making� space in every single institution, national, international, � regional and local in which we find that men and� women do not share power equally.

    Remarks by Bella Abzug at the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Jewish Women's Archive 2010

  • Where does the term "partial-birth" abortion come from? The term was first coined by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in 1995 to describe a recently introduced medical procedure to remove fetuses from the womb. Alternately known as "dilation and extraction," or D&X, and "intact D&E," it involves removing the fetus intact by dilating a pregnant woman's cervix, then pulling the entire body out through the birth canal. After a physician presented a paper at a conference of the National Abortion Federation describing the new procedure, the NRLC commissioned drawings to illustrate it and published them in booklet form, as well as placing them as paid advertisements in newspapers to build public opposition. In an interview with The New Republic magazine in 1996, the NRLC's Douglas Johnson explained that the term was thought up in hopes that "as the public learns what a 'partial-birth abortion' is, they might also learn something about other abortion methods, and that this would foster a growing opposition to abortion." In 1995, Rep. Charles Canady (R-FL) included the term as part of a bill he proposed that would make it a federal crime to perform a "partial-birth" abortion.

    Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Julie Rovner 2006

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  • asativum commented on the word and

    Wow. WeirdNet doesn't even try to touch and.

    January 26, 2008

  • john commented on the word and

    Yep--from the WordNet FAQ, section 1.1.1:

    "WordNet only contains "open-class words": nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Thus, excluded words include determiners, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, and particles."

    January 26, 2008

  • asativum commented on the word and

    Hmph. Figures WeirdNet would be classist.

    January 26, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the word and

    I think it's just intimidated.

    January 27, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the word and

    Wouldn't the sentence "I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and and and and and Chips in my 'Fish and Chips' sign" have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?

    February 1, 2008

  • skipvia commented on the word and

    Leaving the commas out of that sentence would present an interesting challenge...

    February 1, 2008

  • asativum commented on the word and

    And?

    February 5, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the word and

    And.

    February 5, 2008

  • bilby commented on the word and

    Usage on barouche.

    October 22, 2008

  • yarb commented on the word and

    HA HA HA!!

    October 22, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the word and

    Don't forget gunpowder.

    October 22, 2008

  • PossibleUnderscore commented on the word and

    Wow. People have actually listed this. Oh well, I guess it has been WAY under-rated.

    July 17, 2009