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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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"Mere" Quotes from Famous Books

... reporters who were ravening outside must have spotted Rand as he had entered; they were all waiting for him to come out, and set up a monstrous ululation when he appeared in the doorway. With Farnsworth beaming approval, Rand assured the Press that he was no more than a mere spectator, that the State Police and the efficient District Attorney of Scott County had the situation well in hand, and that an arrest was expected within a matter of hours. Then he and Pierre hurried to ...

— Murder in the Gunroom • Henry Beam Piper

... why should he not hope for it in the future world? He whispers into her dead ear his wish, and he puts a flower into her dead hand, thinking, "When she wakes up, in another life, she will see that flower, and remember what I said to her, and how much I loved her." That is the mere story. But we must understand that the greatness of the love expressed in the poem is awakened by an ideal of innocence and sweetness and goodness, and the affection is of the soul—that is to say, it is the love of beautiful ...

— Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn • Lafcadio Hearn

... mystery. It was like a draught of wine to him who has been drinking water for so long that he has almost forgotten the stir wine brings to his blood, the narcotic to his brain. The flowers were coloured brighter, scents and music and the sunlight had a living value—were no longer mere reminders of past enjoyment. There was something now to live for which stirred him continually to anticipation. He lived in that, not in retrospection; the difference is considerable to any so old as he. The pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious, ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... talking about. Never having seen an aeroplane in all his life, and having only a faint conception of the wonderful uses to which the fliers could be put, the tiller of the soil gasped many times when he heard these mere lads tell of their feelings when half a mile up ...

— The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron • Robert Shaler

... was now abandoned. The man-of-war's boat, when it came up, was received with a shot from Long Tom, which grazed its side, carried away four of the starboard oars, and just missed dashing it to pieces by a mere hair's-breadth. At the same time the sails of the schooner were shaken out and filled by the light breeze, which, for nearly an hour, had ...

— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne

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