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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Both \Both\, a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba?e, fr Icel. b[=a]?ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw b[*a]da, Goth. baj??s, OHG. beid?, b?d?, G. & D. beide, also AS begen, b[=a], b?, Goth. bai, and Gr ?, L. ambo, Lith. ab[`a], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf {Amb}-.] The one and the other the two the pair, without exception of either Note: It is generally used adjectively with nouns; as both horses ran away but with pronouns, and often with nous, it is used substantively, and followed by of Note: It frequently stands as a pronoun. She alone is heir to both of us --Shak. Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. --Gen. xxi. 27. He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both because he is prepared for both --Bolingbroke. Note: It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns. Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes. --Shak. This said they both betook them several ways. --Milton. Note: Both now always precedes any other attributive words as both their armies; both our eyes. Note: Both of is used before pronouns in the objective case; as both of us them whom etc.; but before substantives its used is colloquial, both (without of) being the preferred form as both the brothers. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Both \Both\, conj. As well not only; equally. Note: Both precedes the first of two co["o]rdinate words or phrases, and is followed by and before the other both . . . and . . .; as well the one as the other not only this but also that equally the former and the latter. It is also sometimes followed by more than two co["o]rdinate words connected by and expressed or understood. To judge both quick and dead. --Milton. A masterpiece both for argument and style. --Goldsmith. To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene. --Chaucer. Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. --Goldsmith. He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: both adj : (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two "both girls are pretty" [syn: {both(a)}]
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