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[Positive wanting; superl. Most (m[=o]st).] [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. [1913 Webster] He gat more money. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] If we procure not to ourselves more woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height, Do make them music for their more delight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The more part knew not wherefore they were come together. --Acts xix. 32. [1913 Webster] Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural. [1913 Webster] The people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. --Ex. i. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. [1913 Webster] With open arms received one poet more. --Pope. [1913 Webster] More \More\, v. t. To make more; to increase. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster] More \More\, adv. 1. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a) With a verb or participle. [1913 Webster] Admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement. --Milton. [1913 Webster] (b) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. [1913 Webster] Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Note: Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer. [1913 Webster] The duke of Milan And his more braver daughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In addition; further; besides; again. [1913 Webster] Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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 it 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. [1913 Webster] Those oracles which set the world in flames, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more. --Byron. [1913 Webster] More \More\, n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. [1913 Webster] And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount. [1913 Webster] They that would have more and more can never have enough. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] O! That pang where more than madness lies. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]  more adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly" [syn: more, to a greater extent] [ant: less, to a lesser extent] 2: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant: less] adj 1: (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon" [syn: more(a), more than] [ant: less(a)] 2: (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we have no more bananas"; "more than one" [ant: fewer] n 1: 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 [syn: More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More]  MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.  more [mɔːr] mehr; weiter  more [mɔːr] davantage; plus plus  more -ebb ezenfelül inkább jobban meg még nagyobbmértékben nagyobb plusz továbbá több többé és  more di più in più  more [mɔːr] plus  more [mɔːr] meer langer; meer  more [mɔːr] mais  more [mɔːr] более  more [mɔːr] más  more [mɔːr] mer; mera  More [mɔr] Maure; Mohr  More [mɔr] Moor  More [mɔr] Moor; Moriaan  more sea  many 1. (more, most) çok, sayıca çok, bir hayli 2. bir çoğu. the many halk yığınları. many-colored çok renkli, rengarenk. many-sided çok cepheli, kanşık. many a time çok kere, çoğu zaman. a good many birçok, hayli. a great many pek çok. much 1. (more, most) çok, fazla, hayli 2. , çokça, fazla derecede 3. hemen hemen 4. çok şey, çok miktarda şey 5. önemli şey. make much of çok önem vermek, klymet vermek.  more mehr; weiter  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 More related |
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