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one


  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  -one  \-one\  [From  Gr  -w`nh,  signifying,  female  descendant.] 
  (Chem.) 
  A  suffix  indicating  that  the  substance,  in  the  name  of  which 
  it  appears,  is  a  ketone;  as  acetone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  -one  \-one\(Chem.) 
  A  termination  indicating  that  the  hydrocarbon  to  the  name  of 
  which  it  is  affixed  belongs  to  the  fourth  series  of 
  hydrocarbons,  or  the  third  series  of  unsaturated 
  hydrocarbonsl  as  nonone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  One  \One\,  a.  [OE.  one  on  an  AS  ["a]n;  akin  to  D.  een,  OS 
  ["e]n,  OFries  ["e]n,  ["a]n,  G.  ein,  Dan.  een,  Sw  en  Icel. 
  einn,  Goth.  ains,  W.  un  Ir  &  Gael.  aon,  L.  unus,  earlier 
  oinos,  oenos,  Gr  ?  the  ace  on  dice;  cf  Skr.  ["e]ka.  The 
  same  word  as  the  indefinite  article  a,  an  [root]  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. 
 
  The  dream  of  Pharaoh  is  one  --Gen.  xli. 
  25. 
 
  O  that  we  now  had  here  But  one  ten  thousand  of  those 
  men  in  England.  --Shak. 
 
  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. 
 
  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 
 
  From  the  one  side  of  heaven  unto  the  other  --Deut. 
  iv  32. 
 
  4.  Closely  bound  together;  undivided;  united;  constituting  a 
  whole. 
 
  The  church  is  therefore  one  though  the  members  may 
  be  many  --Bp.  Pearson 
 
  5.  Single  in  kind  the  same  a  common. 
 
  One  plague  was  on  you  all  and  on  your  lords.  --1 
  Sam.  vi  4. 
 
  6.  Single;  inmarried.  [Obs.] 
 
  Men  may  counsel  a  woman  to  be  one  --Chaucer. 
 
  Note:  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 
 
  {All  one},  of  the  same  or  equal  nature,  or  consequence;  as 
  he  says  that  it  is  all  one  what  course  you  take  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  One  \One\,  n. 
  1.  A  single  unit;  as  one  is  the  base  of  all  numbers. 
 
  2.  A  symbol  representing  a  unit,  as  1,  or  i. 
 
  3.  A  single  person  or  thing  ``The  shining  ones.''  --Bunyan. 
  ``Hence,  with  your  little  ones.''  --Shak. 
 
  He  will  hate  the  one  and  love  the  other  --Matt. 
  vi  24. 
 
  That  we  may  sit  one  on  thy  right  hand,  and  the 
  other  on  thy  left  hand,  in  thy  glory.  --Mark  x.  37. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  One  \One\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  become  one  to  gather  into  a  single  whole;  to 
  unite;  to  assimilite.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  rich  folk  that  embraced  and  oned  all  their  heart  to 
  treasure  of  the  world.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  One  \One\,  indef.  pron. 
  Any  person,  indefinitely;  a  person  or  body;  as  what  one 
  would  have  well  done  one  should  do  one's  self 
 
  It  was  well  worth  one's  while  --Hawthorne. 
 
  Against  this  sort  of  condemnation  one  must  steel  one's 
  self  as  one  best  can.  --G.  Eliot. 
 
  Note:  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. 
 
  When  any  one  heareth  the  word  --Matt.  xiii. 
  19. 
 
  She  knew  every  one  who  was  any  one  in  the  land  of 
  Bohemia.  --Compton 
  Reade. 
 
  The  Peloponnesians  and  the  Athenians  fought 
  against  one  another.  --Jowett 
  (Thucyd.  ). 
 
  The  gentry  received  one  another.  --Thackeray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  one 
  adj  1:  used  of  a  single  unit  or  thing  not  two  or  more  "`ane'  is 
  Scottish"  [syn:  {1},  {i},  {ane}] 
  2:  particular  but  unspecified;  "early  one  evening"  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  3:  having  the  indivisible  character  of  a  unit;  "a  unitary 
  action";  "spoke  with  one  voice"  [syn:  {one(a)},  {unitary}] 
  4:  of  the  same  kind  or  quality;  "two  animals  of  one  species" 
  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  5:  used  informally  as  an  intensifier;  "that  is  one  fine  dog" 
  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  6:  indefinite  in  time  or  position;  "he  will  come  one  day";  "one 
  place  or  another"  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  7:  being  the  single  appropriate  individual  of  a  kind  only; 
  "the  one  horse  that  could  win  this  race";  "the  one  person 
  I  could  marry"  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  8:  being  one  in  number--a  single  unit  or  thing  "one  person  is 
  going";  "her  one  thought  was  to  win";  "I'm  just  one  player 
  on  the  team";  "one  day  is  just  like  the  next";  "seen  one 
  horse  and  you've  seen  them  all"  [syn:  {one(a)}] 
  9:  being  a  single  entity  made  by  combining  separate  components; 
  "three  chemicals  combining  into  one  solution" 
  10:  eminent  beyond  or  above  comparison;  "matchless  beauty";  "the 
  team's  nonpareil  center  fielder";  "she's  one  girl  in  a 
  million";  "the  one  and  only  Muhammad  Ali";  "a  peerless 
  scholar";  "infamy  unmatched  in  the  Western  world";  "wrote 
  with  unmatchable  clarity";  "unrivaled  mastery  of  her  art" 
  [syn:  {matchless},  {nonpareil},  {one(a)},  {one  and 
  only(a)},  {peerless},  {unmatched},  {unmatchable},  {unrivaled}, 
  {unrivalled}] 
  n  1:  the  smallest  whole  number  or  a  numeral  representing  this 
  number;  "he  has  the  one  but  will  need  a  two  and  three  to 
  go  with  it";  "they  had  lunch  at  one"  [syn:  {1},  {I},  {ace}, 
  {single},  {unity}] 
  2:  a  single  person  or  thing  "he  is  the  best  one";  "this  is  the 
  one  I  ordered" 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  ONE 
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