some

n. 1. A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must draw in somebody that may stand
'Twixt us and danger. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of consideration or importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. Acts v. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In some degree; somewhat. [ Written also sumdel, sumdeale, and sumdele. ] [ Obs. ] “She was somedeal deaf.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou lackest somedeal their delight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient. ] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [ Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc. ] “The vaulter's sombersalts.” Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is something in the wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something attemped, something done,
Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something yet of doubt remains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something of it arises from our infant state. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person or thing importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Gal. vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I something fear my father's wrath. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

It must be done to-night,
And something from the palace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did they not sometime cry “All hail” to me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. “Sometime he reckon shall.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]