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INDIVID'UAL, . [L. individuus; in and dividuus, from divido, to divide.]

1. Not divided, or not to be divided; single; one; as an individual man or city.

--Under his great vicegerent reign abide

United, as one individual soul.

2. Pertaining to one only; as individual labor or exertions.

INDIVID'UAL, n. A single person or human being. This is the common application of the word; as,there was not an individual present.

1. A single animal or thing of any kind. But this word, as a noun, is rarely applied except to human beings.



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INDIVID'UAL, . [L. individuus; in and dividuus, from divido, to divide.]

1. Not divided, or not to be divided; single; one; as an individual man or city.

--Under his great vicegerent reign abide

United, as one individual soul.

2. Pertaining to one only; as individual labor or exertions.

INDIVID'UAL, n. A single person or human being. This is the common application of the word; as,there was not an individual present.

1. A single animal or thing of any kind. But this word, as a noun, is rarely applied except to human beings.

IN-DI-VID'U-AL, a. [Fr. individuel; L. individuus; in and dividuus, from divido, to divide.]

  1. Not divided, or not to be divided; single; one; as, an individual man or city. Under his great vicegerent reign abide / United, as one individual soul. Milton.
  2. Pertaining to one only; as, individual labor or exertions.

IN-DI-VID'U-AL, n.

  1. A single person or human being. This is the common application of the word; as, there was not an individual present.
  2. A single animal or thing of any kind. But this word, as a noun, is rarely applied except to human beings.

In`di*vid"u*al
  1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

    Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker.

    United as one individual soul. Milton.

  2. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.

    Cowper.

    An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately.

    That individuals die, his will ordains. Dryden.

  3. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
  4. An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.

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Individual

INDIVID'UAL, . [Latin individuus; in and dividuus, from divido, to divide.]

1. Not divided, or not to be divided; single; one; as an individual man or city.

--Under his great vicegerent reign abide

United, as one individual soul.

2. Pertaining to one only; as individual labor or exertions.

INDIVID'UAL, noun A single person or human being. This is the common application of the word; as, there was not an individual present.

1. A single animal or thing of any kind. But this word, as a noun, is rarely applied except to human beings.

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importance

IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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PEN'NING, ppr. Committing to writing.

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