Definition of Ofter

1. adv. Compar. of Oft.

Definition of Ofter

1. Adverb. More often ''(chiefly poetic and dialectal)''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ofter

1. oft [adv] - See also: oft

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ofter

oft
oft-mentioned
oft-used
oft mentioned
oft used
often
oftener
oftenest
oftenly
oftenness
oftensith
oftentide
oftentime
oftentimes
ofter (current term)
oftest
oftmentioned
ofttimes
oftused
ogam
ogamic
ogams
ogdensburgite
ogdoad
ogdoads
ogdoastich
ogdoastichs
ogee
ogee arch

Literary usage of Ofter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar by Thomas Erskine Erskine, James Ridgway (1816)
"... or ofter, violence to any one. And this Deponent further saith, that he neither attempted to rescue the said Arthur O'Connor, nor did he at any time ..."

2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"Each shore -which weav'd for him the snares of death, To him these shores shall pledge their ofter'cl faith; ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"the carriage of ofter property, so that a statute authorizing street surface railroads to carry persons and property in their cars could not be presumed to ..."

4. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"War of Wartburg, a poetic contest at Wartburg Castle, in which Vogel- j wcid triumphed over Heinrich von ofter- dingen. Wluch the hard had fought before. ..."

5. Flora scotica, or, A description of Scottish plants, arranged both according by William Jackson Hooker (1821)
"... from the same source, ofter no points of discrimination ; though, like Sir James Smith, I have never seen the fertile catkins. 32. ..."

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