Ēach, a.

(eech), a. [O. Eng. eche, ilc, Scot. eik, ilk, A-S. ælc, elc, equivalent to â-lic, D. elk, elke, O. D. iegelik, O. H. Ger. eogilich, eogilith, M. H. Ger. iegelich, N. H. Ger. jeglich, from A-S. â, aa, ever, orig. accus. sing. for âv, O. Eng. aye, O. H. Ger. êo, io, from A-S. âv, Goth. aiws, Icel. afi, Lat. ævum, Gr. aiôn, and A-S. lic, Eng. like, O. H. Ger. lih, galih.] This word is a distributive adjective pronoun, used either with or without a following noun, and denoting every one of the two or more individuals composing a whole, considered separately from the rest.

Wandering each his several way. Milton.

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak.

☞ To each corresponds other. “Let each esteem other better than himself.” Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty to assist, each to assist the other.