Once

n.	1.	(Zool.) The ounce.
adv.	1.	For one time; by limitation to the number one; not twice nor any number of times more than one. Ye shall . . . go round about the city once. - Josh. vi. 3. Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years. - Bacon.
	2.	At some one period of time; - used indefinitely. My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee. - Addison. That court which we shall once govern. - Bp. Hall.
	3.	At any one time; - often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched. Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be? - Jer. xiii. 27. To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved. - Shak. At once a - At the same point of time; immediately; without delay. b - At one and the same time; simultaneously; in one body; as, they all moved at once. - Shak. Once and again once and once more; repeatedly. - Milton.

Adj.	1.	once - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" Synonyms: erstwhile, onetime, quondam, sometime, former
Adv.	1.	once - on one occasion; "once I ran into her" Synonyms: in one case, one time
	2.	once - as soon as; "once we are home, we can rest" Synonyms: when
	3.	once - at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing" Synonyms: erst, erstwhile, formerly, at one time

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