[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

some \some\ su^m, a. oe. som, sum, as. sum; akin to os.,
   ofries.,  ohg. sum, od. som, d. sommig, icel. sumr, dan.
   somme pl., sw. somlige pl., goth. sums, and e. same.
   root191. see same, a., and cf. -some.
   1. consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed
      of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to
      express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine;
      some water; some persons. used also pronominally; as, i
      have some.
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            some theoretical writers allege that there was a
            time when there was no such thing as society.
                                                  --blackstone.
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   2. a certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event,
      etc., as not known individually, or designated more
      specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. "some
      brighter clime." --mrs. barbauld.
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            some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            most gentlemen of property, at some period or other
            of their lives, are ambitious of representing their
            county in parliament.                 --blackstone.
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   3. not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some
      extent just.
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   4. about; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals,
      but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or
      distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or
      three persons; some hour hence. --shak.
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            the number slain on the rebel's part were some two
            thousand.                             --bacon.
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   5. considerable in number or quantity. "bore us some leagues
      to sea." --shak.
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            on its outer point, some miles away.
            the lighthouse lifts its massive masonry.
                                                  --longfellow.
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   6. certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction
      from other or others; as, some men believe one thing,
      and others another.
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            some seeds fell among thorns; . . . but other fell
            into good ground.                     --matt. xiii.
                                                  7, 8.
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   7. a part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed
      sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
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            your edicts some reclaim from sins,
            but most your life and blest example wins. --dryden.
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   all and some, one and all. see under all, adv. obs.
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   note: the illiterate in the united states and scotland often
         use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an
         equivalent expression; as, i am some tired; he is some
         better; it rains some, etc.
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   some . . . some, one part . . . another part; these . . .
      those; -- used distributively.
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            some to the shores do fly,
            some to the woods, or whither fear advised.
                                                  --daniel.
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   note: formerly used also of single persons or things: this
         one . . . that one; one . . . another.
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               some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --chaucer.
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see also:
same -some other others all and some all 
some . . . some 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

all \all\, adv.
   1. wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as,
      all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "and cheeks
      all pale." --byron.
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   note: in the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
         so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
         or becomes intensive.
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   2. even; just. often a mere intensive adjunct. obs. or
      poet.
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            all as his straying flock he fed.     --spenser.
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            a damsel lay deploring
            all on a rock reclined.               --gay.
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   all to, or all-to. in such phrases as "all to rent," "all
      to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent
      occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have
      commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
      equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
      but the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
      as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions,
      and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
      kind of intensive prefix orig. meaning asunder and
      answering to the lg. ter-, hg. zer-. it is frequently to
      be met with in old books, used without the all. thus
      wyclif says, "the vail of the temple was to rent:" and of
      judas, "he was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e.,
      burst in two, or asunder.

   all along. see under along.

   all and some, individually and collectively, one and all.
      obs. "displeased all and some." --fairfax.

   all but.
      a scarcely; not even. obs. --shak.
      b almost; nearly. "the fine arts were all but
          proscribed." --macaulay.

   all hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
      hollow. low

   all one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
      thing.

   all over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
      she is her mother all over. colloq.

   all the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the
      whole difference.

   all the same, nevertheless. "there they certain phenomena
      remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or
      not." --j. c. shairp. "but rugby is a very nice place all
      the same." --t. arnold. -- see also under all, n.
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see also:
all to all-to all along along all and some all but 
all hollow all one all over all the better all the same 
all 

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