'twill

//twɪl// contraction

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Definitions

Contraction
  1. 1
    Contraction of it + will. abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic

    "Mercutio:No: 'tis not so deepe as a well, nor so wide as a Church doore, but 'tis inough, ’twill serue: aske for me to morrow, and you shall find me a graue man."

Example

More examples

"Mercutio:No: 'tis not so deepe as a well, nor so wide as a Church doore, but 'tis inough, ’twill serue: aske for me to morrow, and you shall find me a graue man."

Etymology

Contraction of "(i)t will".

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