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Both (&unr_;), a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba&unr_;e, fr. Icel. b&ā;&unr_;ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. båda, Goth. baj&unr_;&unr_;s, OHG. beid&unr_;, b&unr_;d&unr_;, G. & D. beide, also AS. begen, b&ā;, b&unr_;, Goth. bai, and Gr. &unr_;, L. ambo, Lith. abà, OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. √310. Cf. Amb-.] The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.
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&hand_; 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.
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It frequently stands as a pronoun.
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She alone is heir to both of us.
Shak.
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Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Gen. xxi. 27.
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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.
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It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns.
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Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes.
Shak.
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This said, they both betook them several ways.
Milton.
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Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes.
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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.
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Both, conj. As well; not only; equally.
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Both precedes the first of two co&ö;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&ö;rdinate words, connected by and expressed or understood.
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To judge both quick and dead.
Milton.
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A masterpiece both for argument and style.
Goldsmith.
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To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene.
Chaucer.
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Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
Goldsmith.
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He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
Coleridge.
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