Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for All (-'s)
all (-'s), n. [see all, adj.] (webplay: better, course, degree, desired, died, difference, ended, enlarge, entire, every, father, fed, forever, friend, great, held, just, land, large, long, love, moment, part, perfect, signification, stake, strength, sum, tree, wealth, whole, wind, year).
- Fortune; huge amount; high stakes; entire sum gambled for in a game of chance.
- The only thing; the sole item; the whole issue.
- The entire amount; the grand total.
- Every other one.
- Eternity.
- Everyone; each one; each living being; every person or creature.
- Riches; wealth.
- Everything.
- The only creatures; the only ones.
- Phrase. “After all”: truly; actually; in reality; in the end; when everything is said and done.
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