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ONCE MORE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anew
Example:
they rehearsed the scene again
Synonyms:
again; once again; once more; over again
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Context examples:
Alleyne watched him until he was small in the distance, and then, wiping the tears from his eyes, he set off briskly once more upon his journey.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But Mr. Enfield only nodded his head very seriously, and walked on once more in silence.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Z-z-z-z-ack! went the long thong, and away we flew once more.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Silver, I should say, was allowed his entire liberty, and in spite of daily rebuffs, seemed to regard himself once more as quite a privileged and friendly dependent.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
If he was to have any rest, her husband must once more descend into the garden.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
"You have still the right to command them once more."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
It is not easy to express the joy I was in, upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I left in it.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
'Ye fallen avenues, once more I mourn your fate unmerited.'
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Turning from me, he once more
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Yet some good reasons given might still lift me to the clouds once more.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
