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if•fen
(if′ən),USA pronunciation conj. [Dial.]
- Dialect Termsif.
- 1930–35; if + -en, of uncertain origin, originally, perh. an2 (hence a variant of archaic an if ) or in' (see -ing2), extracted from conjunctional uses of considering, excepting, etc; compare gin5
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