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mange, Sw.
månge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ.
mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort.
√103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not
few.

Thou shalt be a father of many
nations.

Gen. xvii. 4.

Not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called.

1 Cor. i. 26.

&fist; Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming
compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled,
many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-
handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-
named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-
seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-
tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like.
Comparison is often expressed by many with as or
so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought
bracelets." Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so
many sins." Milton.
Many stands with a singular substantive with a or
an.

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