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   Else , a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth.  aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. .  Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?  “Bastards and else.”  
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   ☞ This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. “A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.” G. Eliot. “A suit of clothes like everybody else's.”  
   Thackeray.
   
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   Else, adv. & conj.
   Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
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   Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
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   For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it.
   Ps. li. 16.
   
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   ☞ After ‘or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. “Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?”
   Shak.
   
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