MERE. This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child unborn, or in the womb.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.]

[AS. gem[=ae]re. [root]269.]

A boundary. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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Mere \Mere\, n. A mare. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.]

[L. merus.]

1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. [1913 Webster]

Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. [1913 Webster]

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

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-mere \-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]

A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere. [1913 Webster]

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Mere \Mere\ (m[=e]r), n. [Written also mar.]

[OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.]

A pool or lake. --Drayton. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "mere": absolute, austere, bare, basic, chaste, elementary, essential, fundamental, homely, homespun, homogeneous, indivisible, irreducible, just, monolithic, of a piece, only, plain, primal, primary, pure, pure and simple, scant, severe, sheer, simon-pure, simple, single, spare, stark, unadorned, uncluttered, undifferenced, undifferentiated, undiluted, unenhanced, uniform, unmitigated, unmixed

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

mere adj
1: being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" [syn: mere(a)]
2: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" [syn: bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)]

noun

a small pond of standing water

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

-mere \-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]

A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also mar.]

[OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.]

A pool or lake. --Drayton. Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mere \Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.]

[AS. gem[=ae]re. [root]269.]

A boundary. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mere \Mere\, v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]

Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mere \Mere\, n. A mare. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)