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English Dictionary: numerousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
numerousness
n
  1. a large number [syn: numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Numerous \Nu"mer*ous\, a. [L. numerosus. See {Number}.]
      1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual
            objects; being many; as, a numerous army.
  
                     Such and so numerous was their chivalry. --Milton.
  
      2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and
            counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.]
  
                     Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in
                     prose or numerous verse.                     --Milton.
            -- {Nu"mer*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Nu"mer*ous*ness}, n.
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