Be*sides" (?), 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.
2. 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 ?
Gen. xix. 12.
To all beside, as much an empty shade,
An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.
Pope.
⇒ These sentences may be considered as elliptical.
© Webster 1913.
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.
Besides your cheer, you shall have sport.
Shak.
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