Each

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Each \Each\ ([=e]ch), a. or a. pron. [OE. eche, [ae]lc, elk,
     ilk, AS. [ae]lc; [=a] always + gel[imac]c like; akin to OD.
     iegelik, OHG. [=e]ogil[imac]h, MHG. iegel[imac]ch, G.
     jeglich. [root]209. See 3d {Aye}, {Like}, and cf. {Either},
     {Every}, {Ilk}.]
     1. 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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     Note: 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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     2. 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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     Note: 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  each
       adj : (used of count nouns) every one considered individually;
             "each person is mortal"; "each party is welcome" [syn:
             {each(a)}]
       adv : to or from every one of two or more (considered
             individually); "they received $10 each" [syn: {to each
             one}, {for each one}, {from each one}, {apiece}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "each":
     all, all and some, all and sundry, any, apiece, aside,
     each and all, each and every, each one, each to each, every,
     every one, one and all, one by one, particular, per, per annum,
     per capita, respective, respectively, several, severally, specific,
     various