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Webster 1913 Edition
Same
Same
,Adj.
[AS. ,
same
, adv.; akin to OS. sama
, samo
, adv., OHG. sam
, a., sama
, adv., Icel. samr
, a., Sw. samme
, samma
, Dan. samme
, Goth. sama
, Russ. samuii
, Gr. [GREEK], Skr. sama
, Gr. [GREEK] like, L. simul
at the same time, similis
like, and E. some
, a., -some
. √191. Cf. Anomalous
, Assemble
, Homeopathy
, Homily
, Seem
, Verb.
I.
Semi-
, Similar
, Some
.] 1.
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the
same
, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27.
2.
Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
The ethereal vigor is in all the
same
. Dryden.
3.
Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
What ye know, the
same
do I know. Job. xiii. 2.
Do but think how well the
Who spends his blood his country to relieve.
same
he spends,Who spends his blood his country to relieve.
Daniel.
☞ Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.
Bees like the
same
odors as we do. Lubbock.
[He] held the
same
political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Same
SAME
,Adj.
1.
Identical; not different or other.Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Ps. 102.
The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. 1Cor. 11.
2.
Of the identical kind or species, though not the specific thing. We say, the horse of one country is the same animal as the horse of another country. The same plants and fruits are produced in the same latitudes. We see in men in all countries, the same passions and the same vices.Th' etherial vigor is in all the same.
3.
That was mentioned before.Do but think how well the same he spends, who spends his blood his country to relieve.
4.
Equal; exactly similar. One ship will not run the same distance as another in the same time, and with the same wind. Two balls of the same size have not always the same weight. Two instruments will not always make the same sound.SAME
,adv.