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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Already \Al*read"y\, adv [All (OE. al) + ready.]
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or
future; by this time; previously. ``Joseph was in Egypt
already.'' --Exod. i. 5.
I say unto you that Elias is come already. --Matt.
xvii. 12.
Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a
future past; as when you shall arrive, the business
will be already completed, or will have been already
completed.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
already
adv : prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already
graduated" [ant: {not yet}]
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