Definitions for: Mere


[n] (British) a small pond of standing water



Webster (1913) Definition: -mere [Gr. ? part.]
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.


Mere, n. [Written also mar.] [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.]
A pool or lake. --Drayton. Tennyson.


Mere, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re.
[root]269.]
A boundary. --Bacon.


Mere, v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]

Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser.


Mere, n.
A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or
never used.] [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.

See Also: pond, pool

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