Be*sides (&?;), prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep.,
3, and Syn. under Beside.
Besides your cheer, you shall have sport.
Shak.
{ Be*sides" (&?;), Be*side" (&?;), } adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending - s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.]
1. On one side. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.
The men said
unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ?
Gen. xix.
12.
To all beside, as much an empty shade,
An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead.
Pope.
&fist; These sentences may be considered as elliptical.
Hear it pronounced