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"Section M, N, and O"

[Prov.
Eng.] Halliwell.


More, n. [AS. more, moru;
akin to G. möhre carrot, OHG. moraha,
morha.] A root. [Obs.] Chaucer.


More, a., compar. [Positive
wanting
; superl. Most (mōst).]
[OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo,
ma, AS. māra, and (as neut. and adv.)
; akin to D. meer, OS. mēr, G.
mehr, OHG. mēro, mēr, Icel.
meiri, meirr, Dan. meere, meer, Sw.
mera, mer, Goth. maiza, a., mais, adv.,
and perh. to L. major greater, compar. of magnus great,
and magis, adv., more. √103. Cf. Most,
uch, Major.] 1. Greater; superior;
increased
; as: (a) Greater in quality,
amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.


He gat more money.

Chaucer.


If we procure not to ourselves more
woe.


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