Onerous cause(Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; — opposed to gratuitous.

Onerously
(On"er*ous*ly), adv. In an onerous manner.

Ones
(Ones) adv. Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Oneself
(One`self") pron. A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.

One's self is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self=one's self.
Morris.

One-sided
(One`-sid"ed) a.

1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one- sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." T. Arnold.

2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.

Oneidas
(O*nei"das) n. pl.; sing. Oneida (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.

Oneirocritic
(O*nei`ro*crit`ic) n. [Cf.F. oneirocritique. See Oneirocritic, a.] An interpreter of dreams. Bp. Warburton. Addison.

Oneirocritic
(O*nei`ro*crit`ic O*nei`ro*crit`ic*al) a. [Gr. a dream + critical, fr. to discern.] Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. Addison.

Oneirocriticism
(O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism O*nei`ro*crit`ics) n. The art of interpreting dreams.

Oneiromancy
(O*nei"ro*man`cy) n. [Gr. a dream + -mancy.] Divination by means of dreams. De Quincey.

Oneiroscopist
(O`nei*ros"co*pist), n. One who interprets dreams.

Oneiroscopy
(O`nei*ros"co*py) n. [Gr. a dream + -scopy.] The interpretation of dreams.

Oneliness
(One"li*ness) n. The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Onely
(One"ly) a. See Only. [Obs.] Spenser.

Onement
(One"ment) n. The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Oneness
(One"ness), n. The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

Our God is one, or rather very oneness.
Hooker.

Onerary
(On"er*a*ry) a. [L. onerarius, fr. onus, oneris, load, burden: cf.F. onéraire.] Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. Johnson.

Onerate
(On"er*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Onerated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Onerating.] [L. oneratus, p. p. pf onerare.] To load; to burden. [Obs.] Becon.

Oneration
(On`er*a"tion) n. The act of loading. [Obs.]

Onerous
(On"er*ous) a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load, burden: cf.F. onéreux.] Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor.


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