once more

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once

(wŭns)

adv.

1. One time only: once a day.

2. At one time in the past; formerly.

3. At any time; ever: Once known, his face is never forgotten.

4. By one degree of relationship: my first cousin once removed.

A single occurrence; one time: Once will have to do. You can go just this once.

conj.

As soon as; if ever; when: Once he goes, we can clean up.

adj.

Having been formerly; former: the once capital of the nation.

Idioms:

at once

1. All at one time; simultaneously: Everything happened at once. The view of the skyline is at once awesome, grand, and disappointing.

2. Immediately; instantly: Leave the room at once.

once more/again

1. Another time; again: Could you repeat yourself once more?

2. As usual; in typical fashion: Once more, you've proven yourself inept at chess.

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

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Adv.

once more - anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"

again, once again, over again

Translations

nochmals

derechef

nuovamente

References in classic literature ?

I supported my poor girl to the chair, and once more I knelt before her and took her hands in mine.

As for me, I returned as I had come after (say) five minutes' absence; my head full once more of Eva, and of impatient anxiety for the wild young squire's final flight; and my heart still singing with the joy of which my beloved's kindness seemed a sufficient warranty.

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Aristotle was again vitalized, and Plato's noble idealistic philosophy was once more appreciatively studied and understood.