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also (iou)



also adverb. Also (chiefly Scot. & north.) als, alse. See also AS adverb etc.
[Old English alsura, (West Saxon) ealsura, from ALL adverb + SO; corresp. to Old Frisian alsa, Dutch alzoo thus, consequently, Old High German also even so, as (German also therefore).]
I. Demonstrative.
In that degree; to that extent; equally. OE-L16.
Wholly so; in this or that very manner. OE-LME.
In like manner, similarly. (Passing into sense 4.) arch. OE.
New English Bible: Luke 14:33 So also none of you can be a disciple of mine without parting with all his possessions.
Further, in addition, besides, too. ME.
also-ran noun a horse or dog not placed (in the first three, US the first two) in a race; a person who fails to win distinction, a failure.
Shakespeare 1 Henry IV I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied. Milton They also serve who only stand and wait. Joyce Saturday and Sunday being free days some boys might be inclined to think that Monday is a free day also. Scott Fitzgerald Also from New York were the Chromes and Backhyssons.
II. Correlative.
So, as. Latterly Scot. ME-E18.
III. Relative and conjunctive.
As, as though. Only in ME.