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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: -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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: -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] [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [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] 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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [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] 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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: One \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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: One \One\, v. t. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: one adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: {one}, {1}, {i}, {ane}] 2: having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: {one(a)}, {unitary}] 3: of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species" 4: used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog" 5: indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another" 6: being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution" 7: 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: {one}, {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 (June 2013) [vera]: ONE Omnifunctional Networking Environment (Panasonic) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: ONE Open Network Environment (Netscape)