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and conjunction1, adverb, & noun.
[Old English and, ond, corresp. to Old Frisian and(a), ande, end(a), en, Old Saxon ande, endi (Dutch en), Old High German anti, enti (German und), Sanskrit atha thereupon, also. See also AN conjunction.]
A. conjunction.
I. Coordinating. Introducing a word, phr., clause, or sentence which is to be taken side by side with, along with, or in addition to, that which precedes.
Simply additive. (When connecting three or more members it is expressed only with the last in ordinary prose but formerly, & still colloq. & rhet. for emphasis, with every member.) OE.
and all, hit and run, now and then, once and for all, smash and grab, still and all, time and again, to and fro, etc. and/or either together or as an alternative. but and: see BUT conjunction.
Shakespeare Comedy of Errors My master and his man are both broke loose. Bible (AV): Psalms 90:10 The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten. Milton My three-and-twentieth year. Addison We do in our Consciences believe two and two make four. T. Moore Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs. Keats Dance, and Proven?al song, and sunburnt mirth! Byron Through life's road, so dim and dirty, I have dragged to three and thirty. R. Kipling Oh it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Tommy, go away'. G. B. Shaw My lunch will cost me one [shilling] and sixpence. B. Russell The present holders of power are evil men, and the present manner of life is doomed. Joyce He saw the priest bend down and kiss the altar and then face about and bless all the people. S. Sassoon Allgood was quiet, thoughtful, and fond of watching birds. P. Scott Susy removed the mirror and only set it up again when she had finished.
b. Introducing an adversative clause: on the other hand, yet, but. arch. & rhet. OE.
Bible (AV): Matthew 22:30 Hee said, I goe sir, and went not.
c. Before either of two members connected. ME-E16.
Connecting occurrences of the same member, expressing continuous or indefinite repetition. OE.
two and two: see TWO noun 1.
Shakespeare 2 Henry IV A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear; and I have borne, and borne, and borne. Byron I have lived for months and months on shipboard. Yeats Eternity is passion, girl or boy, Cry at the onset of their sexual joy 'For ever and for ever'.
Introducing a consequence, actual or predicted; after an imperative: in the case or circumstance that you do so. OE.
A. E. Housman Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth's foundations stay. D. L. Sayers Spray with Sanfect and you're safe.
Introducing an explanation, amplification, or parenthesis. OE.
Shakespeare Tempest I heard a humming, And that a strange one too. Thackeray A regular bang-up chap, and no mistake. Dickens Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change. Ld Macaulay He and he alone has done all this. G. K. Chesterton The French would certainly have recovered the stolen French provinces whenever they could; and quite right too.
Connecting two verbs approaching the sense of to with the inf., esp. after go, come, try. OE.
G. B. Shaw Without waiting for them to come and ask for these things. Scott Fitzgerald Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it. E. O'Neill Try and use your brains!
Continuing a narration from a previous sentence or from implied assent to a previous question or opinion. OE.
Bible (AV): King John 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? C. Kingsley And why could not you run away, boy?
Expr. a difference of quality between things of the same name or class. M16.
Browning Alack, there be roses and roses, John!
Connecting two adjectives or an adjective and an adverb, of which the former approaches an adverbial relation to the latter, esp. in good and, nice and. L16.
Blackwood's Magazine They shall drive nice and slowly. J. London The lawyers..waded into me good and hard for the cash. E. O'Neill It's nice and quiet out here.
Expr. surprise at, or asking the truth of, what one has already heard. L18.
W. J. Mickle And are ye sure the news is true? And are ye sure he's weel?
II. Conditional.
Provided that; on condition that. Also and if. Now arch. & dial. ME.
Even if; although. Now arch. & dial. LME.
As if, as though, LME-E17.
indirect interrog. Whether. L16-E17.
b. adverb. [A Latinism.] Also, even. Long arch. LME.
C. noun.
An instance of the conjunction 'and' (esp. conditional); an expression of condition or doubt. E16.
J. Ashford As my old aunt used to say, 'If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.'
(Usu. AND.) Computing. A Boolean operator which gives the value unity if and only if all the operands are unity, and is otherwise zero. Usu. attrib. M20.
Comb.: AND gate a circuit which produces an output only when signals are received simultaneously through all input connections.