3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Else \Else\, a. & pron. [OE. & AS elles otherwise, gen. sing.
of an adj signifying other akin to OHG. elles otherwise,
OSw. ["a]ljes, Sw eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other L.
alius, Gr ?. 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.
Note: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Else \Else\, adv & conj.
1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as nowhere
else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other or the contrary, case; if the
facts were different.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give
it --Ps. li 16.
Note: After `or', else is sometimes used expletively, as
simply noting an alternative. ``Will you give thanks, .
. . or else shall I?'' --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
else
adj 1: other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask
somebody else"; "I don't know what else to do"; "where
else can we look?"
2: more "would you like anything else?"; "I have nothing else
to say" [syn: {else(ip)}, {additional}]
adv 1: additional to or different from this one or place or time or
manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything
else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else
can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it
could be done"
2: (usually used with `or') if not then; "watch your step or
else you may fall"; "leave or else I'll get angry"
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