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mere

-1 n. ஏரி, குளம், குட்டை.-2 a. வெறும், வேறு கலப்பற்ற, குறை எல்லையுட்பட்ட.


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Mere, n. Etym: [Written also mar.] Etym: [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.] Defn: A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson. Mere, n. Etym: [Written also meer and mear.] Etym: [AS. gemære. sq. root269.] Defn: A boundary. Bacon. Mere, v. t. Defn: To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser. Mere, n. Defn: A mare. [Obs.] Chaucer. Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.] Etym: [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, n. Etym: [Written also mar.] Etym: [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.] Defn: A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson. Mere, n. Etym: [Written also meer and mear.] Etym: [AS. gemære. sq. root269.] Defn: A boundary. Bacon. Mere, v. t. Defn: To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser. Mere, n. Defn: A mare. [Obs.] Chaucer. Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.] Etym: [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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