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Which meared her rule with Africa.

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

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.

The sorrows of this world would be mere and
unmixed.

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.

Mere"ly, adv. 1.
Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.

Ulysses was to force forth his access,

Though merely naked.

2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely;
only.

Prize not your life for other ends

Than merely to oblige your friends.


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