Oft

Full definition of oft

(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely; many times.An oft-told tale

1623, William Shakespeare, , Act II, Scene 1, 1765, , (editors), , Volume 4, 1778, page 45,What I can do, can do no hurt to try:
Since you Å¿et up your reÅ¿t 'gainÅ¿t remedy:
He that of greateÅ¿t works is finiÅ¿her,
Oft does them by the weakeÅ¿t miniÅ¿ter;
So holy writ in babes hath judgment Å¿hown,
When judges have been babes.
1819, Lord Byron, John Galt (biography), The Pophecy of Dante, Canto the Fourth, 1857, The Complete Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1, page 403,And how is it that they, the sons of fame,
Whose inspiration seems to them to shine
From high, they whom the nations oftest name,
Must pass their days in penury or pain,
Or step to grandeur through the paths of shame,
And wear a deeper brand and gaudier chain?
1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203,The moonlight falls the softest
In Kentucky;
The summer days come oftest
In Kentucky;

In widespread contemporary use in combination.