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E'ITHER, adjective or pronoun 1. One or another of any number. Here are ten oranges; take either orange of the whole number, or take either of them. In the last phrase, either stands as a pronoun or substitute.2. One of two. This sense is included in the foregoing.Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him.3. Each; every one separately considered.On either side of the river. Revelation 22:2.4. This word, when applied to sentences or propositions, is called a distributive or a conjunction. It precedes the first of two or more alternatives, and is answered by or before the second, or succeeding alternatives.Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleepeth. l Kings 18.In this sentence, either refers to each of the succeeding clauses of the sentence