| more | (m<omac/r), n. [AS. mr. See Moor a waste.]
A hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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| more | , n. [AS. more, moru; akin to G. mhre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha.]
A root. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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| more | , a., compar. [Positive wanting; superl. Most (m<omac/st).] [OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS. mra, and (as neut. and adv.) m; akin to D. meer, OS. mr, G. mehr, OHG. mro, mr, 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. |
| more | , n. 1.
A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
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-And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17.
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2.
That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
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-They that would have more and more can never have enough. L'Estrange.
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-O! That pang where more than madness lies. Byron.
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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.
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| more | , adv. 1.
In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a)
With a verb or participle.
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-Admiring more |
| more | , v. t.
To make more; to increase. [Obs.] Gower.
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