| Same | a. [ AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. sama, Gr. &unr_; like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. √191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some. ] 1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged. [ 1913 Webster ] Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ] The ethereal vigor is in all the same. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned. [ 1913 Webster ] What ye know, the same do I know. Job. xiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] Do but think how well the same he spends,
Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with. [ 1913 Webster ] Bees like the same odors as we do. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ] [ He ] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sameness | n. 1. The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like. “A sameness of the terms.” Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Identity; identicalness; oneness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
