4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Besides \Be*sides\, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See {Beside}, prep., 3, and Syn. under {Beside}. [1913 Webster] Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Besides \Be*sides"\, Beside \Be*side"\, adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.] 1. On one side. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. [1913 Webster] The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? --Gen. xix. 12. [1913 Webster] To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a C[ae]sar dead. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: besides adv 1: making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" [syn: {in any case}] 2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: {too}, {also}, {likewise}, {as well}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 42 Moby Thesaurus words for "besides": above and beyond, added, additionally, along, along with, also, apart from, as well, as well as, aside from, bar, barring, beside, beyond, but, else, except for, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, farther, further, furthermore, in addition, in addition to, into the bargain, likewise, more, moreover, new, not counting, other, other than, otherwise, outside of, over and above, save, then, to boot, together with, too, yet
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