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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
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     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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