Every
Every , a. & a. pron.
[Old English everich, everilk; Anglo-Saxon afre ever + alc each. See Ever, each.]
1.
All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite number.
Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers.
2.
Every one. Compare Each. [Obsolete]
Every of your wishes.
Daily occasions given to every of us.
In each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four [soldiers].
If society is to be kept together and the children of Adam to be saved from setting up each for himself with every one else his foe.
Collocations (2)
Every each , every one. [Obsolete] Every each of them hath some vices.
Every now and then , at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloquial]
Every may, by way of emphasis, precede the article the with a superlative adjective; as, every, the least variation.