Mere definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MERE, a. [L. merus.] This or that only; distinct from any thing else. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of a nation ... the head,the eye or ear repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling mind? 1. Absolute; entire. MERE, n. [L. mare. See Moor.] A pool or lake. MERE, n. [Gr. to divide.] A boundary; used chiefly in ...
... more at merit part ; segment < metamere > Webster's 1913 Dictionary -mere -mere [Gr. ? part.] A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere ...
... foreordination, the view of those who regard God as a mere onlooker on the course of future events which are supposed ... that comes to pass. God is never represented as a mere onlooker seeing the future course of events, but having no ... if He obtained His knowledge of the future as a mere onlooker gazing down the course of events in time. The ... and form His plan as contingent and dependent upon a mere foresight of events outside His purpose and control is not ... 1:20 the King James Version), mean much more than mere intellectual foresight or prescience. Both the verb and the noun ... election springs from a "foreknowledge" which therefore cannot mean a mere prescience. In view of the fact that there was ...
... servant, our Lord assumed, then, according to Paul, not the mere state or condition or outward appearance of a servant, but ... here a word of quality rather than a word of mere nature; and then defines his meaning in this word of ... its revelations directly by the divine Son rather than by mere prophets (1:1), and it was as the effulgence of ... Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God (opposed to mere `flesh'); in the Epistle he reaffirms that the Christ, the Son of God, was true man (opposed to mere `spirit'; 1 Joh 4:2)." What John is concerned to ... sphere of experiences, the evangelist does not leave, however, to mere suggestion. The glory of the Word was so far ...
... seem to refer only to outward manners or usages, the mere etymology would limit the nature of the inquiry. The same ... sciences, on the other hand, have to do not with mere facts in time or space, but with judgments about these ... practical interest there is a danger that it may become mere pedantry. Even the most theoretic of sciences, metaphysics, while, as ... would lose all scientific value and would sink into a mere enumeration of duties if it had no dogmatic basis and ... character and justification, but will reduce the exposition to a mere system of emotionalism. Dogmatics and ethics may be regarded as ... and in seeming contrast to His benevolence, Divine justice--not mere blind benevolence but a kindness which is wise and ...
... additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" [syn: bare, mere, simple] 7: lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare ... left over or added < the bare necessities of life > b. mere < a bare two hours away > c. devoid of amplification or ... bare facts). 4 (attrib.) a scanty (a bare majority). b mere (bare necessities). --v.tr. 1 uncover, unsheathe (bared his teeth ... liveries that they live by your bare words. --Shak. 7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. ``The ... premium wines, but at a bare 2 percent a year. = mere ADJ: a ADJ amount [emphasis] 9. If you bare ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary MEER, a. Simple; unmixed; usually written mere. MEER, n. A lake; a boundary. [See Mere.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Meer Meer, a. Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a. [Obs.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Meer Meer, n. See Mere, a lake. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Meer Meer, n. A boundary. See Mere. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. See mere, a. II. n. See mere, n.
... shows that the end of the Law lay beyond the mere obedience to such and such rules, that end being instruction ... that previous to their conquest of Canaan the Israelites were mere nomads, ignorant of agriculture, the practice of which, as well ... the early period of the monarchy. All this, however, is mere assumption, support for which is claimed in some passages in ... service of God. The Israelites were not to be a mere aggregation of tribes, but a single nation, the bond of ... all such sacrifice, and saved it from degenerating into a mere heaping up, as in Egypt, of altars with mere loads of food. The rules of the peace offering, ...
Merest definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mere Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used ... 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. --Jer. Taylor. 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 ...
... register one's arrival at a hotel etc. book learning mere theory. book-plate a decorative label stuck in the front ... with is largely made up of quotation, or is a mere compilation or collection of works in which the "originality" is confined to title-page or preface or even a mere title, as in the case of the Old Testament, the ... even made up of whole works bound together by a mere title. In these cases textual criticism restores not the original ... words or text. Formerly the method for this was a mere balancing of probabilities, but since Tregelles it has become a ... and unlikeness to other peoples. It is therefore by the mere fact o f "survival" and "natural selection" proved to ...
... that the Divinity of Christ cannot be inferred from the mere fact that it is applied to Him. 3. Sense as ... Hebrew parallelism compels us to regard these words as a mere equivalent for "Messiah." But this is not the nature of ... over all things, which could not have been conferred by mere official appointment, unless there had been in the background a ... most obvious facts. The conferring of an office on a mere man could not enable him to do things beyond the ... when the thing in question is something for which a mere man is wholly incompetent. 8. The "Son" in Mark 13 ... Son; for these are far beyond the competence of any mere man. Thus, He executes judgment (Joh 5:22); He ...
... it can be maintained that Heb 1-12 are a mere doctrinal treatise, devoid of all evidences of a personal relation ... from one another, so as to leave for residuum a mere doctrinal treatise. Doctrinal statements lead up to personal exhortations, and ... of adulterers" (De Pudicitia, 20). Tertullian is not expressing his mere personal opinion, but quoting a tradition which had so far ... of the locality of these "Hebrews" remains a matter for mere conjecture. Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome, Antioch, Colosse, Ephesus, Berea, Ravenna and ... near to it. It cannot be safely argued from the mere mention of his name alone, that Paul and his other ...
... added to it. Revelation thus appears, however, not as the mere reflection of the redeeming acts of God in the minds ... saves sinful men. It is therefore not made even a mere constant accompaniment of the redemptive acts of God, giving their ... it may be through the ages in accordance with the mere will of God, or as it may have suited His ... prophecy, and the assignment of their origin not to a mere "leading" but to the "bearing" of the Holy Spirit. In ... result above what could by any possibility be achieved by mere human powers and constitutes it expressly a supernatural product. The ...