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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mere  \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. 




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