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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  If \If\, conj. [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef,
     ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if,
     OHG. oba, ibu, Icel. ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative
     particle; properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf.
     OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi, efi), and
     therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.]
     1. In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; --
        introducing a condition or supposition.
  
              Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if
              [OE]dipus deserve thy care.           --Pope.
  
              If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones
              be made bread.                        --Matt. iv. 3.
  
     2. Whether; -- in dependent questions.
  
              Uncertain if by augury or chance.     --Dryden.
  
              She doubts if two and two make four.  --Prior.
  
     {As if}, {But if}. See under {As}, {But}.

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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