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  All \All\, a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle,
     Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel.
     allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and
     Gael. uile, W. oll.]
     1. 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).
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              Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. --1
                                                    Thess. v. 21.
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     2. Any. [Obs.] ``Without all remedy.'' --Shak.
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     Note: When the definite article ``the,'' or a possessive or a
           demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all
           qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as,
           all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our
           families; all your citizens; all their property; all
           other joys.
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     Note: This word, not only in popular language, but in the
           Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large
           portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the
           cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region
           round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are
           not to be understood in a literal sense, but as
           including a large part, or very great numbers.
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     3. Only; alone; nothing but.
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              I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. --Shak.
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     All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] ``All the
        whole army.'' --Shak.
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  All \All\, a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle,
     Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel.
     allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and
     Gael. uile, W. oll.]
     1. 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).
  
              Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. --1
                                                    Thess. v. 21.
  
     2. Any. [Obs.] ``Without all remedy.'' --Shak.
  
     Note: When the definite article ``the,'' or a possessive or a
           demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all
           qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as,
           all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our
           families; all your citizens; all their property; all
           other joys.
  
     Note: This word, not only in popular language, but in the
           Scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large
           portion or number, or a great part. Thus, all the
           cattle in Egypt died, all Judea and all the region
           round about Jordan, all men held John as a prophet, are
           not to be understood in a literal sense, but as
           including a large part, or very great numbers.
  
     3. Only; alone; nothing but.
  
              I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. --Shak.
  
     All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] ``All the
        whole army.'' --Shak.