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What's The Definition Of Much?

\Much\, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by {More}, and {Most}, from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. ?, fem. ?, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See {Mickle}.] 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. 2. Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Much\, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. {To make much of}, to treat as something of especial value or worth.
\Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See {Much}, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. ``Much suffering heroes.'' --Pope. Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple.