-mere \-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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)
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Mere \Mere\, v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]
Which meared her rule with Africa. --Spenser.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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)
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