"Mere" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
or MERE. A fenny place. CowelL
Sax. A marsh. Spelman
L. Fr. Mother. JBle, mere, flllc, grandmother, mother, daughter. Brltt c. 89. En ventre sa mere, in its mother's womb
Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.
A boundary.
A mare.
A pool or lake.
Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple;
bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
To divide, limit, or bound.
To ask a child to feel sympathy for the poor is harder than getting him to feel sympathy for a chicken or a goat—at least you can see a goat being slaughtered.
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An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
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Read the complete definitionApplied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
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Read the complete definitionalád-ad - To chat and laugh immoderately, to tell stories, or let out secrets, with much laughing and joking. Anó …
Read the complete definitionalimpapáw - Superficial, on the surface, not deep, not from the heart, hypocritical, insincere, cool, merely formal; careless, perfunctory, negligent. …
Read the complete definitionEven; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.)
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Read the complete definitionOnly; merely; singly.
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Read the complete definitionanékdota - (Sp. anécdota) Anecdote, story, yarn. (cf. súgid, ági, tabô, inágyan, etc.). ang – ángkat ang, The definite article: …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the …
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