on't

A form of on — In the state of being active, functioning or operating.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationarchaiccontractionregionalContraction of on + it.

    “Speak no more on’t,” she said; “and now let us part, our conversation may attract more notice than is convenient for either of us.”

    1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 29
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    'For', says she, 'he is run off I know not where, but as he makes his bed, must he lie on't; and if he run away for his pleasure, may stay away for mine.

    [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
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APA

on't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on't

MLA

“on't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on't. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on't,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on't.

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