Else, adv. & conj. 1.
Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere
else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary,
case; if the facts were different.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I
give it.
Ps. li. 16.
☞ After ‘or', else is sometimes used
expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks,
. . . or else shall I?" Shak.
Else (?), a. & pron. [OE. & AS.
elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying
other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw.
äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj.,
other, L. alius, Gr. ?. Cf. Alias, Alien.]
Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming?
What else shall I give? Do you expect anything
else? "Bastards and else." Shak.
☞ This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the
possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as,
somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of
somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of
clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.