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Mere Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mere? [n] (British) a small pond of standing water Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mere: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mere: absolute \| austere \| bare \| basic \| chaste \| elementary \| essential \| fundamental \| homely \| homespun \| homogeneous \| indivisible \| irreducible \| just \| monolithic \| of a piece \| only \| plain \| primal \| primary \| pure \| pure and simple \| scant \| severe \| sheer \| simon-pure \| simple \| single \| spare \| stark \| unadorned \| uncluttered \| undifferenced \| undifferentiated \| undiluted \| unenhanced \| uniform \| unmitigated \| unmixed See Also \| pond \| pool Mere In Webster's Dictionary \-mere\ [Gr. ? part.] A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere. \Mere\, n. [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\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re. [root]269.] A boundary. --Bacon. \Mere\, v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser. \Mere\, n. A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Mere\, a. [Superl. {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.

Mere Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mere?

[n] (British) a small pond of standing water

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mere:

See Also | pond | pool

Mere In Webster's Dictionary

\-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.


\Mere\, n. [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\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re.
[root]269.]
A boundary. --Bacon.


\Mere\, v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]

      Which meared her rule with Africa.       --Spenser.


\Mere\, n.
A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Mere\, a. [Superl. {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.

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