(literary) At the point when one about to die.

Alternative form of with one's last breath

To commit suicide. / To spend the rest of one's life a certain way.

To spend the rest of one's life in a certain way.

achieve recognition / (history) be knighted

(figuratively) to think carefully about what one will say.

(mathematics) A polynomial all of whose coefficients are 1.

plural of all-one polynomial

Self-employed. / In a position to make decisions or take a course of action without referring to or being overruled by another person.

To an excessive extent or degree, especially to the extent that it is negative, gets in the way, etc.