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   { Besides , Beside , } adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.]
   On one side. [Obs.]
   Chaucer. Shak.
   
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   More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.
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   The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ?
   Gen. xix. 12.
   
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   To all beside, as much an empty shade,
   An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead.
   Pope.
   
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   ☞ These sentences may be considered as elliptical.
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   Besides , prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.
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   Besides your cheer, you shall have sport.
   Shak.
   
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