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Webster 1913 Edition
al-
al-
.pre
fix.
(a)
[AS.
eal
.] All; wholly; completely;
as,
. al
mighty, al
most(b)
[L.
ad
.] To; at; on; – in OF. shortened to a-. See
ad-
. (c)
The Arabic definite article answering to the English the;
as,
Al
koran, the Koran or the Book; al
chemy, the chemistry.