Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for First (1st)
first (1st), adv. [see first, adj.]
- Initially; in the beginning; at the onset.
- Before anyone else; preceding another in time.
- Phrase. “the 1st”: first; earliest; before any others.
- Phrase. “at first”: initially; in the beginning.
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