01 a. Less; smaller; inferior.
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Less; smaller; inferior.“God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night.” — Gen. i. 15.“The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.” — Shak.“The larger here, and there the lesser lambs.” — Pope.“By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law.” — Locke.