Once
n.
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The ounce. (Zool.)
Once
adv.
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For one time; by limitation to the number one; not twice nor any number of times more than one.
Ye shall . . . go round about the city once.
Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years.
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At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely.
My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee.
That court which we shall once govern.
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At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched.
Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be?
To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.
Phrases & Compounds
- At once
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At the same point of time; immediately; without delay.
- Once and again
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once and once more; repeatedly.