ANOTH'ER, adjective [an, or one and other.] 1. Not the same; different; as, we have one form of government; France, another 2. One more, in addition to a former number, indefinitely; as, grant one request, they will ask another favor, another and another 3. Any other; any different person, indefinitely; as, 'Let another praise thee and not thy own mouth.' This word is often used without a noun, becoming a substitute for the name of the person or thing; as in the last example. It is also much used in opposition to one, as in the first and second passages cited. It is also frequently used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, 'love one another; ' 'bear one another's burdens; ' that is, love one, or let one love another
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