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Webster 1913 Edition
Already
Al-read′y
,adv.
[
All
(OE. al
) + ready
.] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
“Joseph was in Egypt already.” Exod. i. 5.
I say unto you, that Elias is come
already
. Matt. xvii. 12.
☞ It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Already
ALREAD'Y
,adv.
Literally, a state of complete preparation; but, by an easy deflection, the sense is, at this time, or at a specified time.
Elias is come already. Mat. 17.
Joseph was in Egypt already. Ex. 1.