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  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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