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] [OE. moche,
muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel,
muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel,
mycel; cf. Gr. me`gas, fem. mega`lh,
great, and Icel. mjök, adv., much. √103. See
Mickle.] 1. Great in quantity; long in
duration; as, much rain has fallen; much
time.

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field,
and shalt gather but little in.

Deut. xxviii.
38.

2. Many in number. [Archaic]

Edom came out against him with much
people.

Num. xx. 20.

3. High in rank or position. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Much, n. 1. A
great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you
have as much as I.

He that gathered much had nothing
over.

Ex. xvi. 18.

&fist; Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective
qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by
as, so, too, very.

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