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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. amounting to a large indefinite number;
- Example: "numerous times"
- Example: "the family was numerous"
- Example: "Palomar's fans are legion"
[syn: numerous, legion(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Numerous \Nu"mer*ous\, a. [L. numerosus. See Number.]
   1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual
      objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous
      objections.
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            Such and so numerous was their chivalry. --Milton.
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   2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and
      counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.]
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            Such prompt eloquence
            Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse.
                                                  --Milton.
      [1913 Webster] -- Nu"mer*ous*ly, adv. --
      Nu"mer*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

numerous
    adj 1: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times";
           "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
           [syn: numerous, legion(p)]