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    Singular , a. [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]
    1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
      Bacon.

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      And God forbid that all a company
      Should rue a singular man's folly.
      Chaucer.

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    2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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      To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
      Holinshed.

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    3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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      The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
      I. Watts.

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    4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
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    5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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    6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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      So singular a sadness
      Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
      Denham.

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    7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
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    8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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      His zeal
      None seconded, as out of season judged,
      Or singular and rash.
      Milton.

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      To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
      Tillotson.

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    9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
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      These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
      Addison.

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      Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point. -- Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. Whately. -- Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass. -- Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual.
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      Syn. -- Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange; odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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    Singular, n.
    1. An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.]
      Dr. H. More.

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    2. (Gram) The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
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