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eft

Pronunciation: /eft/

“eft” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. again
  2. back (of return or reversal)
  3. afterwards

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *afti. Cognate with Old Frisian eft, Old Saxon eft, Old Norse ept, aptr.

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