Both

Definition of Both

a. or pron	1.	The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either. She alone is heir to both of us. - Shak. Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. - Gen. xxi. 27. 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. Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes. - Shak. This said, they both betook them several ways. - Milton.
conj.	1.	As well; not only; equally. To judge both quick and dead. - Milton. A masterpiece both for argument and style. - Goldsmith. To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene. - Chaucer. Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. - Goldsmith. He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. - Coleridge.

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