English Dictionary: Mere | by the DICT Development Group |
7 results for Mere | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[aemac]re. [root]269.] A boundary. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mere \Mere\, v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mere \Mere\, n. A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mere \Mere\, a. [Superl. {Merest}. The comparative is rarely or never used.] [L. merus.] 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
-mere \-mere\ [Gr. [?] part.] A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mere \Mere\, 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. |