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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Other  \Oth"er\,  adv 
  Otherwise.  ``It  shall  none  other  be.''  --Chaucer.  ``If  you 
  think  other.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Other  \Oth"er\  ([u^][th]"[~e]r),  conj.  [See  {Or}.] 
  Either  --  used  with  other  or  or  for  its  correlative  (as 
  either  .  .  .  or  are  now  used).  [Obs.] 
 
  Other  of  chalk,  other  of  glass.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Other  \Oth"er\,  pron.  &  a.  [AS.  [=o][eth]er;  akin  to  OS 
  [=a][eth]ar,  [=o][eth]ar,  D.  &  G.  ander,  OHG.  andar,  Icel. 
  annarr  Sw  annan,  Dan.  anden,  Goth.  an[thorn]ar,  Skr. 
  antara:  cf  L.  alter;  all  orig.  comparatives:  cf  Skr.  anya 
  other  [root]180.  Cf  {Alter}.] 
 
  Usage:  [Formerly  other  was  used  both  as  singular  and  plural.] 
  1.  Different  from  that  which  or  the  one  who  has  been 
  specified;  not  the  same  not  identical;  additional;  second 
  of  two 
 
  Each  of  them  made  other  for  to  win.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Whosoever  shall  smite  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn 
  to  him  the  other  also  --Matt.  v.  39. 
 
  2.  Not  this  but  the  contrary;  opposite;  as  the  other  side 
  of  a  river. 
 
  3.  Alternate;  second  --  used  esp.  in  connection  with  every; 
  as  every  other  day  that  is  each  alternate  day  every 
  second  day 
 
  4.  Left  as  opposed  to  right  [Obs.] 
 
  A  distaff  in  her  other  hand  she  had  --Spenser. 
 
  Note:  Other  is  a  correlative  adjective,  or  adjective  pronoun, 
  often  in  contrast  with  one  some  that  this  etc 
 
  The  one  shall  be  taken  and  the  other  left 
  --Matt.  xxiv. 
  41. 
 
  And  some  fell  among  thorns  .  .  .  but  other  fell 
  into  good  ground.  --Matt.  xiii. 
  7,  8. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  other 
  adj  1:  not  the  same  one  or  ones  already  mentioned  or  implied; 
  "today  isn't  any  other  day"-  the  White  Queen;  "the 
  construction  of  highways  and  other  public  works";  "he 
  asked  for  other  employment";  "any  other  person  would 
  tell  the  truth";  "his  other  books  are  still  in 
  storage";  "then  we  looked  at  the  other  house"; 
  "hearing  was  good  in  his  other  ear";  "the  other  sex"; 
  "she  lived  on  the  other  side  of  the  street  from  me"; 
  "went  in  the  other  direction"  [ant:  {same}] 
  2:  further  or  added;  "called  for  additional  troops";  "need 
  extra  help";  "an  extra  pair  of  shoes";  "I  have  no  other 
  shoes";  "there  are  other  possibilities"  [syn:  {extra},  {other(a)}, 
  {additional}] 
  3:  recently  past;  "the  other  evening"  [syn:  {other(a)}] 
  4:  of  the  distant  past;  "the  early  inhabitants  of  Europe"; 
  "former  generations";  "in  other  times"  [syn:  {early(a)},  {former(a)}, 
  {other(a)}] 
  5:  very  unusual;  different  in  character  or  quality  from  the 
  normal  or  expected;  "a  strange,  other  dimension...where 
  his  powers  seemed  to  fail"-  Lance  Morrow




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