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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Besides \Be*sides\, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from in addition to other than else than See {Beside}, prep., 3, and Syn. under {Beside}. Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Besides \Be*sides"\, Beside \Be*side"\, adv [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one prop. a genitive sign.] 1. On one side [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. 2. More than that over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot Hast thou here any besides ? --Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a C[ae]sar dead. --Pope. Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: besides adv 1: making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" [syn: {in any case}] 2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: {too}, {also}, {likewise}, {as well}]
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