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[n] English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
[adv] used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly" [adv] comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should" Synonyms | Synonyms for More: Sir Thomas More | Thomas More | to a greater extent Related Terms | Find terms related to More: a certain number | a few | above | accessory | added | additional | additionally | again | all included | along | also | altogether | among other things | ancillary | and all | and also | and so | another | as well | au reste | auxiliary | beside | besides | better | beyond | certain | collateral | composite | contributory | else | en plus | ever more | extra | farther | for lagniappe | fresh | further | furthermore | greater and greater | growingly | in addition | increasingly | inter alia | into the bargain | item | likewise | more and more | more than one | moreover | new | nonuniqueness | not singular | numerous | numerousness | on and on | on the side | on top of | other | over | plural | pluralism | pluralistic | plurality | pluralness | plurative | plus | several | similarly | some | spare | supernumerary | supplemental | supplementary | surplus | then | therewith | to boot | too | ulterior | variety | various | yet See Also | author | national leader | solon | statesman | writer More In Webster's Dictionary \More\, n. [AS. m[=o]r. See {Moor} a waste.]
A hill. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
\More\, n. [AS. more, moru; akin to G. m["o]hre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha.] A root. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \More\, a., compar. [Positive wanting; superl. {Most}.] [OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS. m[=a]ra, and (as neut. and adv.) m[=a]; akin to D. meer, OS. m[=e]r, G. mehr, OHG. m[=e]ro, m[=e]r, 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. [root]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. Note: 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. --Shak. (b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural. The people of the children of Israel are more and mighter than we. --Ex. i. 9. 2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more words to conquer. With open arms received one poet more. --Pope. \More\, n. 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. \More\, 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. Note: 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. --Shak. 2. In addition; further; besides; again. Yet once more, Oye 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 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. \More\, v. t. To make more; to increase. [Obs.] --Gower. |
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