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Webster 1913 Edition
another
an-oth′er
(ăn-ŭth′ẽr)
, p
ron.
& Adj.
[
An
a, one + other
.] 1.
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Another
yet! – a seventh! I ’ll see no more. Shakespeare
Would serve to scale
another
Hero's tower. Shakespeare
2.
Not the same; different.
He winks, and turns his lips
another
way. Shakespeare
3.
Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
Let
another
man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2.
While I am coming,
another
steppeth down before me. John v. 7.
☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another,” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.”
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Another
ANOTH'ER
,Adj.
1.
Not the same; different; as, we have one form of government; France, another.2.
One more, in addition to a former number, indefinitely; as, grant one request, they will ask another favor, another and another.3.
Any other; any different person, indefinitely; as, 'Let another praise thee and not thy own mouth.' This word is often used without a noun, becoming a substitute for the name of the person or thing; as in the last example. It is also much used in opposition to one, as in the first and second passages cited. It is also frequently used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, 'love one another;' 'bear one another's burdens;' that is, love one, or let one love another.