Hypertext Webster Gateway: "singled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Singling}.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a
number; to choose out from others; to separate.

Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the
dark. --Bacon.

His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still
singling one from all mankind. --More.

2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]

An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.

3. To take alone, or one by one.

Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
--Hooker.

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