† altoˈgethers, adv. Obs.
[f. all + togethers a variant of together, with genitival ending: cf. afterward, -s, elsewhere, -s.]
= altogether.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þe an is aquenched al to geðeres. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxxvii. 842 Now Altogederis we ben present. 1569 J. Rogers Glasse of Godly Love 180 Christe only is her comfort all togethers. 1586 J. Hooker Giraldus's Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 114/1 The present state of all Ireland, altogethers deuoured with robberies, murders, riots. |