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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Singill,) Single, v. [e.m.E. single (1575); Singil(l adj.] a. reflex. To separate oneself, go away, from others. b. tr. With out: To select from a number of possible choices. c. To distinguish or pick out from others of the same kind. —a. a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1655) 320.
He singled himself from his company … taking one only servant with himself —b. 1633 Innes Sketches 518.
These ar to intreate and desyre you to single out and conveene a nomber of your freinds [etc.] —c. 1679 Curate's Queries 6.
Can any single the sheep so well as the shepherd?
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