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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."

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Etymology of 'Mere'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mere" Quotes from Famous Books

... Shakespearian and other discoveries, which were found in a garret at Lamport Hall in 1867 by Mr. Edmonds, are too well-known and too recent to need description. In this case mere chance seems to have led to the preservation of works, the very existence of which set the ears of all lovers of ...

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— The Madcap of the School • Angela Brazil

... every eye can see; the resemblance is far more subtle. There is a look in this dear girl's face, a smile, an I-know-not-what, which every now and then recalls your own bright countenance. You will say this is mere fancy—and that is what I told myself at the first; but I found afterwards that it is no fancy, but really one of those vague, indefinable, accidental likenesses which one perceives so often. To me it seems a very ...

— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... of talkers are nothing but mere shams in their art. They affect a knowledge of argumentative processes, and obtrude upon your attention by false reasoning conclusions which perhaps appear as legitimate as possible. You cannot deny, yet you cannot believe. You cannot refute by your logic, ...

— Talkers - With Illustrations • John Bate

... disappointment. It was the thought of the honor that was his in the eyes of the province, and not that he was to marry her, that set the lights dancing in his eyes! She hated him then for his very love; it was so sure and confident in its right to overlook hers in this petty attention from a mere boy, who had once condescended to praise ...

— Tales of the Malayan Coast - From Penang to the Philippines • Rounsevelle Wildman

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