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9 definitions for Mere From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re.
[root]269.]
A boundary. --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]
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Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mere \Mere\, n.
A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.] [L. merus.] 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. [1913 Webster] Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. [1913 Webster] From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
-mere \-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), n. [Written also mar.] [OE. mere, AS. mere
mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri,
mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor,
Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and
meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf.
Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.]
A pool or lake. --Drayton. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mere
adj 1: being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" [syn: mere(a)]
2: apart from anything else; without additions or
modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere
idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the
simple truth" [syn: bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)]
n : a small pond of standing water
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "mere":
absolute, austere, bare, basic, chaste, elementary, essential,
fundamental, homely, homespun, homogeneous, indivisible,
irreducible, just, monolithic, of a piece, only, plain, primal,
primary, pure, pure and simple, scant, severe, sheer, simon-pure,
simple, single, spare, stark, unadorned, uncluttered,
undifferenced, undifferentiated, undiluted, unenhanced, uniform,
unmitigated, unmixed
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
MERE. This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child unborn, or in the womb. Request more information on Mere |
