Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
One \One\, n.
1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
3. A single person or thing. ``The shining ones.'' --Bunyan.
``Hence, with your little ones.'' --Shak.
He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
vi. 24.
That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
{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.
At \At\, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel.
at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.]
Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,
nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the
ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less
definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the
house. From this original import are derived all the various
uses of at. It expresses:
1. A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on,
something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at
school; at hand; at sea and on land.
2. The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at
peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at
risk; at disadvantage.
3. The relation of some employment or action; occupied with;
as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat
(eating); except at puns.
4. The relation of a point or position in a series, or of
degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at
80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated
at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
5. The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock;
at twenty-one; at once; at first.
6. The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or
effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything;
at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require,
receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
7. Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at
it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike,
shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
{At all}, {At home}, {At large}, {At last}, {At length}, {At
once}, etc. See under {All}, {Home}, {Large}, {Last} (phrase
and syn.), {Length}, {Once}, etc.
{At it}, busily or actively engaged.
{At least}. See {Least} and {However}.
{At one}. See {At one}, in the Vocabulary.
Syn: {In}, {At}.
Usage: When reference to the interior of any place is made
prominent in is used. It is used before the names of
countries and cities (esp. large cities); as, we live
in America, in New York, in the South. At is commonly
employed before names of houses, institutions,
villages, and small places; as, Milton was educated at
Christ's College; money taken in at the Customhouse; I
saw him at the jeweler's; we live at Beachville. At
may be used before the name of a city when it is
regarded as a mere point of locality. ``An English
king was crowned at Paris.'' --Macaulay. ``Jean
Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June, 28, 1712.''
--J. Morley. In regard to time, we say at the hour, on
the day, in the year; as, at 9 o'clock, on the morning
of July 5th, in the year 1775.
At one \At one"\ [OE. at on, atone, atoon, attone.]
1. In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other);
as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or
bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.
If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe,
she wolde bringen hem atoon. --Chaucer.
2. Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at
one.
3. Together. [Obs.] --Spenser.