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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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