I'll

contraction — 2 senses

I'll

contraction

US, UK /aɪ̯l/ · unstressed /əl/

Etymology Contraction of I will/shall.

1

Contraction I will.

2

Contraction I shall.

These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you.1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 49, lines 430–431:

Synonyms: chill, ch'ill
Derived terms: I'll be a monkey's uncle, I'll be blowed

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