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. Chaucer. — At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab. — Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. 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.