jet adv. & conj. --adv. 1 as
late as, or
until,
now or
then (there is yet
time;
your best work yet). 2 (with neg. or interrog.) so
soon as, or
by, now or then (it is
not time yet;
have you finished yet?). 3
again; in
addition (more
and yet more). 4 in
the remaining time
available;
before all is
over (I will do it yet). 5 (foll. by compar.) even (a yet
more difficult task). 6
nevertheless; and in
spite of
that; but
for all that (it is
strange, and yet it is true). --conj. but at the
same time; but nevertheless (I
won, yet
what good has it done?). ønor yet and
also not (won't
listen to me
nor yet to you). [OE giet(a), = OFris. ieta, of unkn. orig.]