conj. Music Or else. Used as a direction to the performer to designate an alternate section or passage. [Italian, from o sia, or let it be : o, or (from Latin aut) + sia, third person sing. present subjunctive of essere, to be (from Latin esse; see es- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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