each

adjevery
advapiece; for one
proneach one

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adj every

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none

Word Origin & History

Old English ælc "any, all, every, each (one), short for a-gelic "ever alike," from a "ever" (see aye (2)) + gelic "alike" (see like (adj.)).

From a common West Germanic expression *aiwo galika (cf. Dutch elk, Old Frisian ellik, Old High German iogilih, German jeglich "each, every"). Originally used as we now use every (which is a compound of each) or all; modern use is by influence of Latin quisque. Modern spelling appeared late 1500s. Also cf. ilk, which.

Example Sentences for each

A neutral was this good woman, and a well-wisher to each faction.

Each instinctively touched the other's arm, as a signal for silence.

The boys possessed two uncles, one on each side of the house.

Throughout the dinner their entire absorption in each other was all but unbroken.

Dennet was astir early to see them off, and she had a little gift for each.

Found it rather long hours watching, namely, about four hours each.

Each step, while it was intended to be the last, only made some other last step needful.

Strange, by what slender threads our lives are knitted to each other!

If I see them look at each other, I'll put them both in arrest.

Each time she came, Malbone wished that she might never go or never return.

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