"'twould" meaning in All languages combined

See 'twould on Wiktionary

Contraction [English]

Forms: ’twould [canonical]
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  1. (archaic) Contraction of it would. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction Alternative form of: it would Synonyms: it’d, ’twou’d [obsolete]
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