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E'ITHER, a. or pron.
1. One or another of any number. Here are ten oranges take either orange of the whole number, or take either of them. In the last phrase, either stands as a pronoun or substitute.
2. One of two. This sense is included in the foregoing.
Lepidus flatters both,
Of both is flattered but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
3. Each every one separately considered.
On either side of the river. Revelation 22
4. This word, when applied to sentences or propositions, is called a distributive or a conjunction. It precedes the first of two or more alternatives, and is answered by or before the second, or succeeding alternatives.
Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleepeth. 50Kings 18.
In this sentence, either refers to each of the succeeding clauses of the sentence.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Either'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/e/either.html.
Entry for 'Either'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/e/either.html.
