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

all \all\, a. oe. al, pl. alle, as. eal, pl. ealle,
   northumbrian alle, akin to d.  ohg. al, ger. all, icel.
   allr. dan. al, sw. all, goth. alls; and perh. to ir. and
   gael. uile, w. oll.
   1. the whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or
      degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever;
      every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all
      the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all
      power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all or all of
      us.
      1913 webster

            prove all things: hold fast that which is good. --1
                                                  thess. v. 21.
      1913 webster

   2. any. obs. "without all remedy." --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: when the definite article "the," or a possessive or a
         demonstrative pronoun, is joined to the noun that all
         qualifies, all precedes the article or the pronoun; as,
         all the cattle; all my labor; all his wealth; all our
         families; all your citizens; all their property; all
         other joys.
         1913 webster

   note: this word, not only in popular language, but in the
         scriptures, often signifies, indefinitely, a large
         portion or number, or a great part. thus, all the
         cattle in egypt died, all judea and all the region
         round about jordan, all men held john as a prophet, are
         not to be understood in a literal sense, but as
         including a large part, or very great numbers.
         1913 webster

   3. only; alone; nothing but.
      1913 webster

            i was born to speak all mirth and no matter. --shak.
      1913 webster

   all the whole, the whole emphatically. obs. "all the
      whole army." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
all the whole 

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All That >> A Words
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All Round >> A Words
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All But >> A Words
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