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onced

onced is the alternative form of oncet.

Meaning of oncet

Adverb

oncet (not comparable)

  1. (Southern US, nonstandard, South Midland US) Once.
    • If we could see the last of that man, Didenhover, oncet, I'd take hold of the plough myself, and see if I couldn't make a living out of it.1854, Elizabeth Wetherell, Queechy, Volume I
    Synonyms:
    once

Questions about onced

What is onced the alternative form of?
Onced is the alternative form of oncet.

Words near onced in the dictionary

  1. once-over
  2. once-over-lightlies
  3. once-over-lightly
  4. once-overs
  5. once-removed
  6. onced
  7. onceness
  8. oncer
  9. oncers
  10. onces
  11. oncet

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