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    Alone , a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. ān one, alone. See All, One, Lone.]
    1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
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      Alone on a wide, wide sea.
      Coleridge.

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      It is not good that the man should be alone.
      Gen. ii. 18.

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    2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
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      Man shall not live by bread alone.
      Luke iv. 4.

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      The citizens alone should be at the expense.
      Franklin.

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    3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]
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      God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.
      Bentley.

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    4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
      Shak.

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      ☞ The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

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      To let alone or To leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.

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    Alone, adv. Solely; simply; exclusively.
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