ELSE
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Else (?), a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. &ä;ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? “Bastards and else.” Shak.
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&hand_; This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. “A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.” G. Eliot. “A suit of clothes like everybody else's.” Thackeray.
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Else, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
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2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it.
Ps. li. 16.
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&hand_; After ‘or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. “Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?” Shak.
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