| One | n. 1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A single person or thing. “The shining ones.” Bunyan. “Hence, with your little ones.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] He will hate the one, and love the other. Matt. vi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ] That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]
After one, after one fashion; alike. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab. --
Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
In one, in union; in a single whole. --
One and one,
One by one, singly; one at a time; one after another. “Raising one by one the suppliant crew.” Dryden. --
one on one contesting an opponent individually; -- in a contest. --
go one on one, to contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a game, esp. basketball. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
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| One | a. [ OE. one, on, an, AS. ān; akin to D. een, OS. ēn, OFries. ēn, ān, G. ein, Dan. een, Sw. en, Icel. einn, Goth. ains, W. un, Ir. & Gael. aon, L. unus, earlier oinos, oenos, Gr. o'i`nh the ace on dice; cf. Skr. ēka. The same word as the indefinite article a, an. √ 299. Cf. 2d A, 1st An, Alone, Anon, Any, None, Nonce, Only, Onion, Unit. ] 1. Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual. [ 1913 Webster ] The dream of Pharaoh is one. Gen. xli. 25. [ 1913 Webster ] O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. “I am the sister of one Claudio” [ Shak. ], that is, of a certain man named Claudio. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without the. [ 1913 Webster ] From the one side of heaven unto the other. Deut. iv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole. [ 1913 Webster ] The church is therefore one, though the members may be many. Bp. Pearson [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Single in kind; the same; a common. [ 1913 Webster ] One plague was on you all, and on your lords. 1 Sam. vi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. Single; unmarried. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Men may counsel a woman to be one. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ One is often used in forming compound words, the meaning of which is obvious; as, one-armed, one-celled, one-eyed, one-handed, one-hearted, one-horned, one-idead, one-leaved, one-masted, one-ribbed, one-story, one-syllable, one-stringed, one-winged, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
All one, of the same or equal nature, or consequence; all the same; as, he says that it is all one what course you take. Shak. --
One day. (a) On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring to time past. [ 1913 Webster ] One day when Phoebe fair,
With all her band, was following the chase. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] (b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period in the future; some day. [ 1913 Webster ] Well, I will marry one day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| One | indef. pron. Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self. [ 1913 Webster ] It was well worth one's while. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ] One is often used with some, any, no, each, every, such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal relation. [ 1913 Webster ] When any one heareth the word. Matt. xiii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ] She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ] The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ] The gentry received one another. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
