&c.

phrase

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Definitions

Phrase
  1. 1
    Alternative form of etc.: …and so on, …and other things. alt-of, alternative, archaic

    "1739, W. (William) Webster, Remarks on The Divine Legation of Moses, &c. in Several Letters - If I had not done amongst them the Works that no other Man did, they had not had Sin, &c. John 15:24"

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overlord

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"1739, W. (William) Webster, Remarks on The Divine Legation of Moses, &c. in Several Letters - If I had not done amongst them the Works that no other Man did, they had not had Sin, &c. John 15:24"

Etymology

A use of the ligature & to stand for the et in etc. Compare & cetera.

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