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Webster 1913 Edition
Mere
Mere
(mēr)
, Noun.
[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.
Mere
,Noun.
[Written also
meer
and mear
.] [AS.
gemǣre
. √269.] A boundary.
Bacon.
Mere
(mēr)
, Verb.
T.
To divide, limit, or bound.
[Obs.]
Which
meared
her rule with Africa. Spenser.
Mere
,Noun.
A mare.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Mere
(mēr)
, Adj.
[
Sup
erl.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mere
MERE
,Adj.
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of a nation.
What if the head,the eye or ear repin'd
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
1.
Absolute; entire.MERE
,Noun.
MERE
,Noun.
MERE
,Verb.
T.