-one \-one\ ([=o]n). [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.
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	-one \-one\ suff. (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
   hydrocarbons; as, nonone. [archaic]
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	One \One\ (w[u^]n), 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. o'i`nh 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.
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            The dream of Pharaoh is one.          --Gen. xli.
                                                  25.
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            O that we now had here
            But one ten thousand of those men in England.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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.
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   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.
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            From the one side of heaven unto the other. --Deut.
                                                  iv. 32.
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   4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a
      whole.
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            The church is therefore one, though the members may
            be many.                              --Bp. Pearson
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   5. Single in kind; the same; a common.
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            One plague was on you all, and on your lords. --1
                                                  Sam. vi. 4.
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   6. Single; unmarried. [Obs.]
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            Men may counsel a woman to be one.    --Chaucer.
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   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.
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   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.
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                One day when Phoebe fair,
                With all her band, was following the chase.
                                                  --Spenser.
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      (b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or
          period in the future; some day.
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                Well, I will marry one day.       --Shak.
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	One \One\ (w[u^]n), indef. pron.
   Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one
   would have well done, one should do one's self.
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         It was well worth one's while.           --Hawthorne.
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         Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's
         self as one best can.                    --G. Eliot.
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   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.
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               When any one heareth the word.     --Matt. xiii.
                                                  19.
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               She knew every one who was any one in the land of
               Bohemia.                           --Compton
                                                  Reade.
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               The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought
               against one another.               --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).
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               The gentry received one another.   --Thackeray.
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	One \One\, n.
   1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
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   2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
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   3. A single person or thing. "The shining ones." --Bunyan.
      "Hence, with your little ones." --Shak.
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            He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
                                                  vi. 24.
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            That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
            other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
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   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.
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	One \One\, v. t.
   To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to
   unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
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         The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to
         treasure of the world.                   --Chaucer.
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	195 Moby Thesaurus words for "one":
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   all the same, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-knowing,
   all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, amalgamated, an, any,
   any one, assimilated, associate, atom, atomic, being, blended,
   body, boundless, cat, certain, changeless, chap, character,
   coadunate, coalesce, combinative, combinatory, combined,
   comprehensive, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connect,
   connective, consolidated, consubstantial, coupled, creating,
   creative, creature, customer, duck, duplicate, earthling, eclectic,
   either, entire, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting,
   exactly alike, exclusive, exhaustive, fellow, fused, glorious,
   good, gross, groundling, guy, hallowed, hand, head, highest,
   holistic, holy, homo, homoousian, human, human being, identic,
   identical, immortal, immutable, inclusive, incorporated,
   indistinguishable, individual, indivisible, infinite, integral,
   integrated, irreducible, joined, joint, joker, just, just alike,
   life, like, limitless, link, living soul, lone, loving, luminous,
   majestic, making, man, married, matched, mated, measured, merciful,
   merged, mixed, monad, monadic, monistic, mortal, no other,
   none else, nose, nothing else, nought beside, numinous, omnibus,
   omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one and indivisible,
   one and only, only, paired, particular, partnered, party,
   permanent, perpetual, person, personage, personality, quantified,
   quantitative, quantitive, quantized, radiant, relate, sacred, same,
   selfsame, separate, shaping, simple, single, singular, sole, solid,
   solitary, some, somebody, someone, soul, sovereign, supreme,
   syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, tellurian, terran,
   timeless, total, twin, ubiquitous, unanalyzable, unbounded,
   unchanging, undefined, undifferent, undivided, uniform, unique,
   unit, unitary, unite, united, universal, unlimited, wed, wedded,
   whole, without difference, without distinction, worldling

	

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