Individual — Defs

01 a. 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.

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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.
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.

02 n. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especiall…

1.
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.
“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.
2.
An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.(Zool.)