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English Dictionary: less	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
less adv used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" Synonym(s): less, to a lesser extent Antonym(s): more, to a greater extent comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" Antonym(s): more adj (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" Antonym(s): more than, more(a) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect" (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj. Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries. l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little.] Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before. Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars. See {Less}, n. Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian. --E. A. Freeman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf. {Lest}.] Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Less \Less\, n. 1. A smaller portion or quantity. The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17. 2. The inferior, younger, or smaller. The less is blessed of the better. --Heb. vii. 7.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS. l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf. {Loose}, {Leasing}.] A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Less \Less\, v. t. To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.