Part 314

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Only; alone; nothing but.</def>

<blockquote>I was born to speak <b>all</b> mirth and no matter. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>All the whole</col>, <cd>the whole (emphatically). <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>All the whole<i> army."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>All</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; <as>as, <ex>all</ex> bedewed; my friend is <ex>all</ex> for amusement.</as></def> "And cheeks <i>all</i> pale."

<i>Byron.</i>

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<note>&hand; In the ancient phrases, <i>all</i> too dear, <i>all</i> too much, <i>all</i> so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Even; just.</def> (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) <mark>[Obs. or Poet.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>All</b> as his straying flock he fed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A damsel lay deploring <b>All</b> on a rock reclined. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>All to</col>, &or; <col>All-to</col></mcol>. <cd>In such phrases as "<i>all to</i> rent," "<i>all to break</i>," "<i>all-to</i> frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the <i>all</i> and the <i>to</i> have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to <i>entirely</i>, <i>completely</i>, <i>altogether</i>. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word <i>all</i> (as it does in "<i>all</i> forlorn," and similar expressions), and the <i>to</i> properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning <i>asunder</i> and answering to the LG. <i>ter-</i>, HG. <i>zer-</i>). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the <i>all</i>. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was <i>to rent</i>:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and <i>to-burst</i> the middle:" <it>i. e.</it>, burst in two, or asunder.</cd> -- <col>All along</col>. <cd>See under <er>Along</er>.</cd> -- <col>All and some</col>, <cd>individually and collectively, one and all.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Displeased <i>all and some</i>." <i>Fairfax</i>. -- <col>All but</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Scarcely; not even.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shak.</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Almost; nearly.</cd> "The fine arts were </i>all but</i> proscribed."</cd> <i>Macaulay</i>. -- <col>All hollow</col>, entirely, completely; <as>as, to beat any one <ex>all hollow</ex></as>.</cd> <mark></mark> -- <col>All one</col>, <cd>the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing.</cd> -- <col>All over</col>, <cd>over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; <as>as, she is her mother <ex>all over</ex></as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>All the better</col>, <cd>wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.</cd> -- <col>All the same</col>, <cd>nevertheless.</cd> "There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted <i>all the same</i>, whether we recognize them or not." <i>J. C. Shairp</i>. "But Rugby is a very nice place <i>all the same<i>." <i>T. Arnold</i>. -- See also under <er>All</er>, <tt>n.<tt></cs>

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<hw>All</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; <as>as, our <ex>all</ex> is at stake</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to <b>all</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>All</b> that thou seest is mine. <i>Gen. xxxi. 43.</i></blockquote>

<note><i>All<i> is used with <it>of</it>, like a partitive; as, <i>all<i> of a thing, <i>all<i> of us.</note>

<cs><col>After all</col>, <cd>after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless.</cd> -- <col>All in all</col>, <cd>a phrase which signifies <i>all<i> things to a person, or everything desired; (also <i>adverbially<i>) wholly; altogether.</cd>

<blockquote>Thou shalt be <b>all in all</b>, and I in thee, Forever. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Trust me not at all, or <b>all in all</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>All in the wind</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake.</cd> -- <col>All told</col>, <cd>all counted; in all.</cd> -- <col>And all</col>, <cd>and the rest; and everything connected.</cd> "Bring our crown <i>and all<i>." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>At all</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In every respect; wholly; thoroughly.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "She is a shrew <i>at al(l)</i>." <i>Chaucer</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying <i>in any way or respect<i>; <i>in the least degree<i> or <i>to the least extent<i>; <i>in the least<i>; <i>under any circumstances<i>; as, he has no ambition <i>at all<i>; has he any property at all? "Nothing <i>at all<i>.</cd> " <i>Shak</i>. "It thy father <i>at all<i> miss me." <i>1 Sam. xx. 6<cd>.</cd> -- <col>Over all</col>, <cd>everywhere.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>.</cs>

<note>&hand; <i>All</i> is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in <i>al</i>mighty, <i>al</i>ready, <i>al</i>ways: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, <i>all</i>-bountiful, <i>all</i>-glorious, <i>all</i>important, <i>all</i>-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, <i>all</i>power, <i>all</i>-giver. Anciently many words, as, <i>al</i>about, <i>al</i>aground, etc., were compounded with <i>all</i>, which are now written separately.</note>

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<hw>All</hw>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[Orig. <ets>all</ets>, adv., wholly: used with <ets>though</ets> or <ets>if</ets>, which being dropped before the subjunctive left <ets>all</ets> as if in the sense <ets>although</ets>.]</ety> <def>Although; albeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>All</b> they were wondrous loth. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Alla breve</h1> <Xpage=40>

<hw>Al`la bre"ve</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[It., according to the <ets>breve</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Church Music)</fld> <def>With one <i>breve</i>, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by <?/.</def>