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1. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
2. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490
...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...
3. each, adj. and pron. View full entry c897
...Every (individual of a number) regarded or treated separately....
4. it, pron. View full entry 885
...As the proper neuter pronoun of the third person sing. Used orig. instead of any neuter n.; now only of things without life, and of animals when sex is not particularized; hence...
5. most, adj., pron., and n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Greatest in size, stature, bulk, or extent. Chiefly Sc. in later use. Obs....
6. nought, pron., n., adv., and adj. View full entry eOE
...Nothing, not anything; = naught1. Now arch. and regional....
7. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
8. self, pron., adj., and n. View full entry c888
...With n. Obs. exc. arch.; superseded by the use of the ‘emphatic pronouns’, himself, herself, itself, themselves, or, after a...
9. what, pron., adj.1, and adv., int., conj., and n. View full entry 735
...As the ordinary interrogative pronoun of neuter gender, orig. sing., in later use also pl., used of a thing or things: corresponding to the demonstrative that (that1a)....
