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merest (encz) | merest,nejobyčejnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Merest (gcide) | Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is
rarely or never used.] [L. merus.]
1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
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Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman.
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The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple;
bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
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From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor
of any nation. --Atterbury.
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merest (encz) | merest,nejobyčejnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
merestone (encz) | merestone, n: |
Merestead (gcide) | Merestead \Mere"stead\, n. [Mere boundary + stead place.]
The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or
farm. [Archaic.] --Longfellow.
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Merestone (gcide) | Merestone \Mere"stone`\, n.
A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. --Bacon.
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merestone (wn) | merestone
n 1: an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of
stones surmounted by an upright slab [syn: merestone,
meerestone, mearstone] |
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