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Entry 11 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

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/(mōr)/ · IPA /mɔɹ/
01 n. A hill.
  1. 1.
    A hill.[Prov. Eng.]
02 n. A root.
  1. 1.
    A root.[Obs.]
03 a., compar. Greater; superior; increased;
  1. 1.
    Greater; superior; increased;
    “He gat more money.” — Chaucer.
    “If we procure not to ourselves more woe.” — Milton.
    “Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height, Do make them music for their more delight.” — Spenser.
    “The more part knew not wherefore they were come together.” — Acts xix. 32.
    “Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural.
    “The people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.” — Ex. i. 9.
  3. 3.
    Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer.
    “With open arms received one poet more.” — Pope.
04 n. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
  1. 1.
    A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
    “And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.” — Ex. xvi. 17.
  2. 2.
    That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
    “They that would have more and more can never have enough.” — L'Estrange.
    “O! That pang where more than madness lies.” — Byron.
Phrases & compounds
Any more — Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more.
No more — not anything more; nothing in addition.
The more and less — the high and low.
05 adv. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
  1. 1.
    In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
    “Admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
    “Happy here, and more happy hereafter.” — Bacon.
    “The duke of Milan And his more braver daughter.” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    In addition; further; besides; again.
    “Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.” — Milton.
    “Those oracles which set the world in flames, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more.” — Byron.
06 v. t. To make more; to increase.
  1. 1.
    To make more; to increase.[Obs.]