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.
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 ]
From the one side of heaven unto the other. Deut. iv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
The church is therefore one, though the members may be many. Bp. Pearson [ 1913 Webster ]
One plague was on you all, and on your lords. 1 Sam. vi. 4. [ 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,
One day.
With all her band, was following the chase. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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,
At one,
Ever in one,
In one,
One and one,
One by one
one on one
go one on one,
indef. pron. Any person, indefinitely; a person or body;
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 ]
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 ]
n. (Bot.) The herb Paris. See
adj. having only one dimension;
adj. Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; monaural. Opposite of
adj. Having only one sharp edge; single-edged; -- of cutting instruments, mostly swords and razor blades. Opposed to
n. an eightht part.
adj. having or showing only one eye;