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SOL'ITARY, a. L. solitarius, from solus, alone.

1. Living alone not having company. Some of the more ferocious animals are solitary, seldom or never being found in flocks or herds. Thus the lion is called a solitary animal. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.

2. Retired remote from society not having company, or not much frequented as a solitary residence or place.

3. Lonely destitute of company as a solitary life.

4. Gloomy still dismal. Let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Job 3 .

5. Single as a solitary instance of vengeance a solitary example.

6. In botany, separate one only in a place as a solitary stipule. A solitary flower is when there is only one to each peduncle a solitary seed, when there is only one in a pericarp.

SOL'ITARY, n. One that lives alone of in solitude a hermit a recluse.