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Webster 1913 Edition
Each
Each
(ēch)
, Adj.
or Adj.
pron.
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;
“Each of the combatants.” as,
. each
of you or each
one of youFielding.
☞ 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.
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.
Let
His adamantine coat gird well.
each
His adamantine coat gird well.
Milton.
In
each
cheek appears a pretty dimple. Shakespeare
Then draw we nearer day by day,
Each
to his brethren, all to God. Keble.
The oak and the elm have
each
a distinct character. Gilpin.
2.
Every; – sometimes used interchangeably with every.
Shak.
I know
each
lane and every alley green. Milton.
In short
each
man's happiness depends upon himself. Sterne.
Syn. – See
Every
. Webster 1828 Edition
Each
EACH
,Adj.
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment. Gen.14.
And the princes of Israel, being twelve men, each one was for the house of his fathers. Num.1.
Simeon and Levi took each man his sword. Gen.34.
The emperor distributed to each soldier in his army a liberal donative.
To each corresponds other. Let each esteem other better than himself. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty to assist, each to assist the other.