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Ei"ther (&ē;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r or &ī;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS. &aē_;gðer, &aē_;ghwæðer (akin to OHG. &ē;ogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder); &ā; + ge + hwæðer whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.] 1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
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Lepidus flatters both,
Of both is flattered; but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
Shak.
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Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon.
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There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.
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2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.
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His flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played.
Milton.
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On either side . . . was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2.
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The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd).
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Ei"ther, conj. Either precedes two, or more, co&ö;rdinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
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Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27.
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Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede. Latham.
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&hand_; Either was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use or.
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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? James iii. 12.
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