a., compar. [ Positive wanting; superl. Most ] [ OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS. māra, and (as neut. and adv.) mā; akin to D. meer, OS. mēr, G. mehr, OHG. mēro, mēr, Icel. meiri, meirr, Dan. meere, meer, Sw. mera, mer, Goth. maiza, a., mais, adv., and perh. to L. major greater, compar. of magnus great, and magis, adv., more. √103. Cf. Most, uch, Major. ] 1. Greater; superior; increased; as: (a) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gat more money. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ More, in this sense, was formerly used in connection with some other qualifying word, -- a, the, this, their, etc., -- which now requires the substitution of greater, further, or the like, for more. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height,
Do make them music for their more delight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more part knew not wherefore they were come together. Acts xix. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Ex. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. [ 1913 Webster ]

With open arms received one poet more. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mōr. See Moor a waste. ] A hill. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. more, moru; akin to G. möhre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha. ] A root. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that would have more and more can never have enough. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

O! That pang where more than madness lies. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any more. (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more. (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do not think any more about it. --
No more, not anything more; nothing in addition. --
The more and less, the high and low. [ Obs. ] Shak. “All cried, both less and more.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a) With a verb or participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Admiring more
The riches of Heaven's pavement. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer. [ 1913 Webster ] The duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In addition; further; besides; again. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

More and more, with continual increase. “Amon trespassed more and more.” 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23. --
The more, to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a reason already specified. --
The more -- the more, by how much more -- by so much more. “The more he praised it in himself, the more he seems to suspect that in very deed it was not in him.” Milton. --
To be no more, to have ceased to be; as, Cassius is no more; Troy is no more. [ 1913 Webster ] Those oracles which set the world in flames,
Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make more; to increase. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Mohair. ] A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See morelle. ] (Bot.) 1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [ Written also morelle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of cherry. See Morello. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great morel, the deadly nightshade. --
Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See moril. ] (Bot.) An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [ Written also moril. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Moorland. [ 1913 Webster ]