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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  First \First\ (f[~e]rst), adv.
     Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.;
     -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Adam was first formed, then Eve.         --1 Tim. ii.
                                                    13.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     At first, At the first, at the beginning or origin.
  
     First or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or
        end.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And all are fools and lovers first or last.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  First \First\, adv.
     Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.;
     -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
  
           Adam was first formed, then Eve.         --1 Tim. ii.
                                                    13.
  
     At first, At the first, at the beginning or origin.
  
     First or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or
        end.
  
              And all are fools and lovers first or last.
                                                    --Dryden.

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