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(mōr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
mōr
. See
Moor
a waste.]
A hill.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

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,
Noun.
[AS.
more
,
moru
; akin to G.
möhre
carrot, OHG.
moraha
,
morha
.]
A root.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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,
Adj.
, com
par.
[Positive wanting;
sup
erl.
Most
(mōst)
.]
[OE.
more
,
mare
, and (orig. neut. and adv.)
mo
,
ma
, AS.
māra
, and (as neut. and adv.)
mā
; akin to D.
meer
, OS.
mēr
, G.
mehr
, OHG.
mēro
,
mēr
, Icel.
meiri
,
meirr
, Dan.
meere
,
meer
, Sw.
mera
,
mer
, Goth.
maiza
, a.,
mais
, adv., and perh. to L.
major
greater, compar. of
magnus
great, and
magis
, adv., more. √103. Cf.
Most
,
uch
,
Major
.]
1.
Greater; superior; increased;
as:
(a)
Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.
He gat
more
money.
Chaucer.
If we procure not to ourselves
more
woe.
Milton.
☞ More, in this sense, was formerly used in connection with some other qualifying word, – a, the, this, their, etc., – which now requires the substitution of greater, further, or the like, for more.
Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height,
Do make them music for their
more
delight.
Spenser.
The
more
part knew not wherefore they were come together.
Acts xix. 32.
Wrong not that wrong with a
more
contempt.
Shakespeare
(b)
Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; – with the plural.
The people of the children of Israel are
more
and mightier than we.
Ex. i. 9.
2.
Additional; other;
as, he wept because there were no
more
worlds to conquer
.
With open arms received one poet
more
.
Pope.

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,
Noun.
1.
A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
more
, some less.
Ex. xvi. 17.
2.
That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
They that would have
more
and
more
can never have enough.
L’Estrange.
O! That pang where
more
than madness lies.
Byron.
Any more
.
(a)
Anything or something additional or further;
as, I do not need
any more
.
(b)
Adverbially:
Further; beyond a certain time;
as, do not think
any more
about it
.
–
No more
,
not anything more; nothing in addition.
–
The more and less
,
the high and low.
[Obs.]
Shak.
“All cried, both less and more.”
Chaucer.

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,
adv.
1.
In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
(a)
With a verb or participle.
Admiring
more

The riches of Heaven's pavement.
Milton.
(b)
With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree;
as,
more
durable;
more
active;
more
sweetly
.
Happy here, and
more
happy hereafter.
Bacon.
☞ Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer.
The duke of Milan
And his
more
braver daughter.
Shakespeare
2.
In addition; further; besides; again.
Yet once
more
, O ye laurels, and once
more
,
Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere,
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
Milton.
More and more
,
with continual increase.
“Amon trespassed more and more.”
2 Chron. xxxiii. 23.
–
The more
,
to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a reason already specified.
–
The more – the more
,
by how much more – by so much more.
“The more he praised it in himself, the more he seems to suspect that in very deed it was not in him.”
Milton.
–
To be no more
,
to have ceased to be;
as, Cassius
is no more
; Troy
is no more
.

Those oracles which set the world in flames,
Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were
no more
.
Byron.

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,
Verb.
T.
To make more; to increase.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition

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,
Adj.
[L. magis; mare for mager; but this is conjecture.]
1.
Greater in quality, degree or amount; in a general sense; as more land; more water; more courage; more virtue; more power or wisdom; more love; more praise; more light. It is applicable to every thing, material or immaterial.
2.
Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; as more men; more virtues; more years.
The children of Israel are more than we. Ex.1.
3.
Greater.
The more part knew not why they had come together. Acts.19.
4.
Added to some former number; additional.
But Montague demands one labor more.

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,
adv.
To a greater degree.
Israel loved Joseph more than all his children. Gen.37.
1.
It is used with the.
They hated him yet the more. Gen.37.
2.
It is used to modify an adjective and form the comparative degree, having the same force and effect as the termination er, in monosyllables; as more wise; more illustrious; more contemptible; more durable. It may be used before all adjectives which admit of comparison, and must be used before polysyllables.
3.
A second or another time; again. I expected to hear of him mo more.
The dove returned not to him again any more. Gen.8.
No more, not continuing; existing no longer; gone; deceased or destroyed. Cassius is no more. Troy is no more.
No more is used in commands, in an elliptical form of address. No more! that is, say no more; let me hear no more. In this use however, more, when the sentence is complete, is a noun or substitute for a noun.
Much more, in a greater degree or with more readiness; more abundantly.
More and more, with continual increase.
Amon trespassed more and more. 2 Chron. 33.

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, a noun or substitute for a noun. A greater quantity, amount or number.
They gathered some more, some less. Ex.16.
They were more who died by hail-stones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Josh.10.
God do so to thee and more also. 1 Sam.3.
There were more than forty who had made this conspiracy. Acts.23.
1.
Greater thing; other thing; something further. Here we rest; we can do no more. He conquered his enemies; he did more, he conquered himself.

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,
Verb.
T.
To make more.

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