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adjective

Mere adj. (superl. merest. the comparative is rarely or never used)

Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. "Then entered they the mere, main sea." "The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed."

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."

noun

Mere n. A pool or lake.

Mere n. A boundary.

Mere n. A mare. (Obs.)

verb

Mere v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. (Obs.) "Which meared her rule with Africa."

suffix

-mere suff. A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... admonished the faithful one, "must thou put a hand to thy sword in my defense unless it be that I am attacked by mere rabble or base folk; in such case, thou art in duty bound to be my bodyguard. But if my assailants be knights, thou must in no way interfere until thou hast been dubbed ...

— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... interposition alike derogatory to the nation granting them and detrimental to the interests of the United States. We could not be expected quietly to permit any such interference to our disadvantage. Considering that Texas is separated from the United States by a mere geographical line; that her territory, in the opinion of many, down to a late period formed a portion of the territory of the United States; that it is homogeneous in its population and pursuits with adjoining States, makes ...

— State of the Union Addresses of John Tyler • John Tyler

... wife's place was at her husband's side when he was in trouble; but society's place was not at his side, and Mrs. Beaufort's cool assumption that it was seemed almost to make her his accomplice. The mere idea of a woman's appealing to her family to screen her husband's business dishonour was inadmissible, since it was the one thing that the Family, as an institution, could ...

— The Age of Innocence • Edith Wharton

... deriving confidence from mutual example and joint influence, unauthorized measures would, of course, be more freely hazarded, than where the executive department is administered by a single hand, or by a few hands. The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is, that a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands. ...

— The Federalist Papers

... granted that the first question people would ask about a story was whether it was true. The novel, it must be remembered, was then in its infancy, and Defoe, as we shall presently see, imagined, probably not without good reason, that his readers would disapprove of story-telling for the mere pleasure of the thing, as ...

— Daniel Defoe • William Minto

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