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/bɪsˈaɪdz/ /bˌisˈaɪdz/ Listen

adverb

Beside, Besides adv.

On one side. (Obs.)

More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. "The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?" "To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead." Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical.

preposition

Besides prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside. "Besides your cheer, you shall have sport."

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"Besides" Quotes from Famous Books

... my lord; but some creatures besides wearing their surtouts within, sport their skeletons without: witness the lobster and turtle, who ...

— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville

... her Sanedrins right to place the Crown. But her weak Heads oth' Church, mistaken fools, Wanted the Light of their sublimer Schools: For Divine Right could no such Forces bring. } But Wisdom now expands her wider Wing, } And Streams are ever deeper than the Spring. } Besides, they've sense of Honour; and who knows How far the Gratitude of Priest-craft goes? And what if now like old Elisha fed, To praise the Sooty Bird that brought 'em Bread, In pure acknowledgment, though in despight Of their own sense, they paint ...

— Anti-Achitophel (1682) - Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden • Elkanah Settle et al.

... less than the proceeds of the cargo of tea that had been obtained at Canton, in exchange for the sandal-wood carried out; and Saunders, accordingly, had filled the holds of both vessels with such articles, besides bringing home with him a considerable amount in specie, half of which went into the public coffers, and half into the private purse of governor Woolston. Money had been in circulation in the colony for the last twelve months; though a good deal of caution was used in ...

— The Crater • James Fenimore Cooper

... and see the new pine buildings going up—and the tent and shanties. It was rough here then, but I had little to do with that. I staked out my claim and went to digging. I knew very little about mining, but they were striking it all around me, and so I kept on. Besides"—here he looked at her in a curiously shy way—"I've always had a superstition that just when things were worst with me they were soonest to turn to the best, so I dug away. My tunnel went into the hill on a slight upraise, and I could do the work alone. You ...

— The Spirit of Sweetwater • Hamlin Garland

... a wounded man has been attended to and is able to be put on a stretcher again he is sent to Calais. We have to keep emptying the wards for other patients to come in, and besides, if the fighting comes this way, we shall have to ...

— My War Experiences in Two Continents • Sarah Macnaughtan

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