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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sincere  \Sin*cere"\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sincerer};  superl. 
  {Sincerest}.]  [L.  sincerus  of  uncertain  origin;  the  first 
  part  perhaps  akin  to  sin-  in  singuli  (see  {Single}),  and  the 
  second  to  cernere  to  separate  (cf.  {Discern}):  cf  F. 
  sinc[`e]re.] 
  1.  Pure;  unmixed;  unadulterated. 
 
  There  is  no  sincere  acid  in  any  animal  juice. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  A  joy  which  never  was  sincere  till  now  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Whole;  perfect;  unhurt;  uninjured.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  inviolable  body  stood  sincere.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Being  in  reality  what  it  appears  to  be  having  a  character 
  which  corresponds  with  the  appearance;  not  falsely 
  assumed;  genuine;  true;  real;  as  a  sincere  desire  for 
  knowledge;  a  sincere  contempt  for  meanness. 
 
  A  sincere  intention  of  pleasing  God  in  all  our 
  actions.  --Law. 
 
  4.  Honest;  free  from  hypocrisy  or  dissimulation;  as  a 
  sincere  friend;  a  sincere  person. 
 
  The  more  sincere  you  are  the  better  it  will  fare 
  with  you  at  the  great  day  of  account.  --Waterland. 
 
  Syn:  Honest;  unfeigned;  unvarnished;  real;  true;  unaffected; 
  inartificial;  frank;  upright.  See  {Hearty}. 




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