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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

is't en · X

Pronunciation

  • /ɪst/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete) Contraction of is + it.
    alt of is
    • How now? moodie? / What is't thou canſt demand? 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4: