3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.

{ Of*fus"cate (?), Of`fus*ca`tion (?) }. See Obfuscate, Obfuscation.

[Obs.]

Oft (ft; 115), adv. [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw.

ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf.

Often.] Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer.

Oft she rejects, but never once offends.

Pope.

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