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1. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

   Both (the/my) children are such dolls.

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   Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.

   Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:27

   He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both, because he is prepared for both.

   1717, Viscount Bolingbroke, Reflexions upon Exile

   Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.

   2020 June 22, Rob Picheta, “Most Black British people think the Conservative Party is institutionally racist, CNN poll finds”, in CNN

   The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.

   2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits

alternative bothe

1. Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

   They were both here.

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   Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.

   I've already lost both (of) my parents.

   Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

   2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34

alternative bothe

1. Including both of (used with and).

   I (can) both sing and dance.

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   Both you and I are students.

   Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

   1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN

2. obsoleteIncluding all of (used with and).

   Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.

   1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC

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   […] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]

   1598, Philip Sidney, The countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, page 211

   He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.

   1797–1798 (date written), [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], published 1798, →OCLC

   […] as he appreciates its beauty and its rich gifts, as he regards it with venerant love, fed by both his intellectual powers, his contemplation, and his meditation.

   1892, Richard Congreve, Essays Political, Social, and Religious, volume 2, page 615

1. A surname.