Singular

a.	1.	Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. And God forbid that all a company Should rue a singular man's folly. - Chaucer.
	2.	Engaged in by only one on a side; single. To try the matter thus together in a singular combat. - Holinshed.
	3.	(Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. - I. Watts.
	4.	(Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
	5.	(Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.
	6.	Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon. So singular a sadness Must have a cause as strange as the effect. - Denham.
	7.	Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
	8.	Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure. His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash. - Milton. To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise. - Tillotson.
	9.	Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind. - Addison. Singular point in a curve (Math.) a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point. Singular proposition (Logic) a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. Singular succession (Civil Law) division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass. - Whately. Singular term (Logic) a term which represents or stands for a single individual.
n.	1.	An individual instance; a particular.
	2.	(Gram) The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.

Noun	1.	singular - the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton Synonyms: singular form Antonyms: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adj.	1.	singular - unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young" Synonyms: remarkable
	2.	singular - beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" Synonyms: peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, curious, funny, odd
	3.	singular - being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
	4.	singular - grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit Antonyms: plural - grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	5.	singular - the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions" Synonyms: unique

SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one, not plural. Johnson.
     2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to "my nearest relation," for example, will be considered as a bequest to all the relations in the same degree, who are nearest to the testator. 1 Ves. sen. 337; 1 Bro. C. C. 293. A bequest made to "my heir," by a person who had three heirs, will be construed in the plural. 4 Russ. C. C. 384.
     3. The same rule obtains in the civil law: In usu juris frequenter uti nos singulari appellationie, am plura significari vellemus. Dig. 50, l6, 158.

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