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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
already
adv
  1. prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Already \Al*read"y\, adv. [All (OE. al) + ready.]
      Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or
      future; by this time; previously. [bd]Joseph was in Egypt
      already.[b8] --Exod. i. 5.
  
               I say unto you, that Elias is come already. --Matt.
                                                                              xvii. 12.
  
      Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a
               future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business
               will be already completed, or will have been already
               completed.
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