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Introducing an etymological explanation or a word: as if it were. Occasionally abbreviated q. (see Q, n. 15b), qu.
Of Latin words. Obsolete. In form q. In dictionaries, etc.: = quasi, adv. 2 ‘as if’.
In dictionaries, etc.: = quasi, adv. 2.