Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). 2. (a.) Any. 3. (a.) Only; alone; nothing but. 4. (adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. 5. (adv.) Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) 6. (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. 7. (conj.) Although; albeit.
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