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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

2. Another name; an assumed name.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

1. Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

2. At another time.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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