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   Each , a. or a. pron. [OE. eche, ælc, elk, ilk, AS. ælc; ā always + gelīc like; akin to OD. iegelik, OHG. ēogilīh, MHG. iegelīch, G. jeglich. √209. See 3d Aye, Like, and cf. Either, Every, Ilk.]
   Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you. “Each of the combatants.”
   Fielding.
   
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   ☞ To each corresponds other. “Let each esteem other better than himself.” Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the other, each being in the nominative and other in the objective case.
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   It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Let each
   His adamantine coat gird well.
   Milton.
   
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   In each cheek appears a pretty dimple.
   Shak.
   
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   Then draw we nearer day by day,
   Each to his brethren, all to God.
   Keble.
   
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   The oak and the elm have each a distinct character.
   Gilpin.
   
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   Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.
   Shak.
   
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   I know each lane and every alley green.
   Milton.
   
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   In short each man's happiness depends upon himself.
   Sterne.
   
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   ☞ This use of each for every, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English.
   Fitzed. Hall.
   Syn. -- See Every.
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