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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined;
not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a
simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a
simple problem; simple tasks. |
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Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. |
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Mere; not other than; being only. |
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Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity;
undesigning; sincere; true. |
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Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural;
inartificial;; straightforward. |
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Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical;
as, a simple statement; simple language. |
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Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate
understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. |
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Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple
diet; a simple way of living. |
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Humble; lowly; undistinguished. |
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Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple
leaf. |
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Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple
or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are
regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. |
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Homogenous. |
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Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple
ascidian; -- opposed to compound. |
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Something not mixed or compounded. |
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A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was
supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute
a simple remedy. |
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A drawloom. |
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A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a
drawloom. |
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A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. |
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To gather simples, or medicinal plants. |
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