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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Single \Sin"gle\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Singling}.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. --Bacon.
His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. --More.
2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.
3. To take alone, or one by one.
Men . . . commendable when they are singled. --Hooker.
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