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Can anyone confirm that there is an archaic use of the word "and" meaning "if" or "as long as"? For example: "Yes you can, and you do no harm."

If you can confirm, please point me to a resource that describes the usage. Thanks.

PeterB
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    That would be an old meaning of an, not and. See M-W.com, "an (conjunction)", definition 2. – Hellion May 29 '20 at 19:58
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    Please eliminate the programming reference -- it merely confuses things (and may cause some readers to function check). – Hot Licks May 29 '20 at 20:08
  • Hellion is correct. Thank you, and apologies to all for the very late response. – PeterB Aug 01 '20 at 22:52
  • This use of an seems to derive from and, though, @Hellion. See https://english.stackexchange.com/q/600617/1696. (In fact, perhaps this question could be considered a duplicate?) – TRiG May 11 '23 at 16:47

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