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Synonyms: More Thomas More Sir Thomas More more(a)more than to a greater extent

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Noun (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 stateSynonyms: More Thomas More Sir Thomas More

Adjective (2)

(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”Synonyms: more(a)more than
(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”Synonyms: more(a)

Adverb (2)

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs“more interesting”“more beautiful”“more quickly”Synonyms: to a greater extent
comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent“he works more now”“they eat more than they should”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Much \Much\ (m[u^]ch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More (m[=o]r), and Most (m[=o]st), from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See Mickle.]

1.Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. [1913 Webster]

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in.— Deut. xxviii. 38.[1913 Webster]

2.Many in number. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Edom came out against him with much people.— Num. xx. 20.[1913 Webster]

3.High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

More \More\ (m[=o]r), n. [AS. m[=o]r. See Moor a waste.] A hill. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

More \More\, n. [AS. more, moru; akin to G. m["o]hre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha.] A root. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

More \More\, a., compar. [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\, 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 \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\, v. t. To make more; to increase. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]

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The Devil's Dictionary

MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.