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      mere
      noun
      Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.
      A Maori war-club.
      A village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381).
      A small town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8132).
      A sub-municipality in East Flanders, Belgium.
      (dialectal or literary) A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond (formerly even a body of seawater), especially a broad, shallow one. (Also included in place names such as Windermere.)
      (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.
      verb
      (cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.
      (transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To set divisions and bounds.
      adjective
      Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
      (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed .
      (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .
      Roots
      merusmere- · Latin · pure, unmixed
      Synonyms for mere
      onlyadvjustadvsimpleadjscantadjpureadj
      Words related to mere
      merelyadvpaltryadjtriflingadjmerestadjpiddlingadjpiddlyadvtrivialadjmeaslyadjinsignificantadjpifflingadjinconsiderableadjinsignificancyadjinconsequentialityninconsequentialadjpurelyadvnegligibleadjtrivialitynmeaninglessadjnegligibilitynunimportantadjpunyadjperfunctoryadjmomentaryadjsuperficialadjpettyadjfleetingadjnugatoryadjfootlingadjinsubstantialadjinappreciableadj

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