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  1. adverb One time only: once a day.
  2. adverb At one time in the past; formerly.
  3. adverb At any time; ever: Once known, his face is never forgotten.
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  • Zaragoza once was accused of grabbing Vera from her parents 'home and forcing her into a car in March 2007. —  The Facts: News
  • Among Ayala, the emerging Brian Stokes, youngster Bobby Parnell, whom scouts from other teams have regarded as a potential late-inning reliever, and other low-budget choices, the Mets - who have reminded people that Rivera once was a closer waiting for a chance - hope to find an answer. source —  Mets Fever
  • I'll be thinking about your type and about what a great country this once was as I sip whiskey and smoke cigars in my comfortable retirement. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • And it also works on the black rappers too, as my father once was annoyed at the rap music in the courtyard below, so he stuck his speakers out and played this song, and when he looked back, they were all gone. —  Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
  • The draining of the Aral Sea once was the poster child for environmental destruction, now it is nearly forgotten.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English ones, from on, one, from Old English ān; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English ones, onis, from Anglo-Saxon ānes (= Old Saxon ēnes, eines = OFries. enes, enis, ense, ens = Dutch eens = Middle Low German einest, ēns, ins = Old High German einēst, Middle High German einest, einst, German einst), once, adverbial genitive of ān, one: see one. For the termination -ce, properly -es, see -ce.
 

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