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BOTH, a. Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other.

This word is often placed before the nouns with which it is connected.

He understands how to manage both public and private concerns.

It is often used as a substitute for nouns.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Gen.21.

Both often represents two members of a sentence.

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.

Both often pertains to adjectives or attributes,and in this case generally precedes them in construction; as, he endeavored to render commerce both disadvantageous and infamous.




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BOTH, a. Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other.

This word is often placed before the nouns with which it is connected.

He understands how to manage both public and private concerns.

It is often used as a substitute for nouns.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Gen.21.

Both often represents two members of a sentence.

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.

Both often pertains to adjectives or attributes,and in this case generally precedes them in construction; as, he endeavored to render commerce both disadvantageous and infamous.


BOTH, a. [Sax. butu, butwu, or batwa, (qu. Goth. bayoths;) Ir. beit; Sw. båda; Dan. baade; D. and Ger. beide; in ancient African, בת bet, beth, two. Buxt. 1866.]

Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other; Fr. tous les deux; l'un et l'autre; as, here are two books, take them both. This word is often placed before the nouns with which it is connected. He understands how to manage both public and private concerns. – Guth. Quintilian, p. 4. It is often used as a substitute for nouns. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. – Gen. xxi. Both often represents two members of a sentence. 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 on Exile. Both often pertains to adjectives or attributes, and in this case generally precedes them in construction; as, he endeavored to render commerce both disadvantageous and infamous. – Mickle's Lusiad.


Both
  1. The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.

    * 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.

    It frequently stands as a pronoun.

    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.

    It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns.

    Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes.
    Shak.

    This said, they both betook them several ways.
    Milton.

    Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes.

    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.

  2. As well; not only; equally.

    Both precedes the first of two coördinate 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 coördinate words, connected by and expressed or understood.

    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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Both

BOTH, adjective Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other.

This word is often placed before the nouns with which it is connected.

He understands how to manage both public and private concerns.

It is often used as a substitute for nouns.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Genesis 21:27.

BOTH often represents two members of a sentence.

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

BOTH often pertains to adjectives or attributes, and in this case generally precedes them in construction; as, he endeavored to render commerce both disadvantageous and infamous.

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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APPO'RTIONMENT, n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a dividing and assigning to each proprietor his just portion of an undivided right or property.

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