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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, ·etc.

II. I ·- In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

III. I (·obj) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself. We ·pl of I. Our ·pl of I. Ours ·pl of I. Us ·pl of I.

IV. I ·- I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the ·same·as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, ·Lat. bibere; ·Eng. kin, ·AS cynn; ·Eng. thin, ·AS ynne; ·Eng. dominion, donjon, dungeon.

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