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many

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Many  \Ma"ny\,  n.  [See  {Meine},  {Mansion}.] 
  A  retinue  of  servants;  a  household.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Many  \Ma"ny\,  a.  or  pron. 
 
  Note:  [It  has  no  variation  to  express  degrees  of  comparison; 
  more  and  most  which  are  used  for  the  comparative  and 
  superlative  degrees,  are  from  a  different  root.]  [OE. 
  mani,  moni,  AS  manig,  m[ae]nig,  monig  akin  to  D. 
  menig,  OS  &  OHG.  manag,  G.  manch,  Dan.  mange,  Sw 
  m[*a]nge,  Goth.  manags,  OSlav.  mnog',  Russ.  mnogii  cf 
  Icel.  margr,  Prov.  E.  mort.  [root]103.] 
  Consisting  of  a  great  number;  numerous;  not  few 
 
  Thou  shalt  be  a  father  of  many  nations.  --Gen.  xvii. 
  4. 
 
  Not  many  wise  men  after  the  flesh,  not  many  mighty,  not 
  many  noble,  are  called  --1  Cor.  i. 
  26. 
 
  Note:  Many  is  freely  prefixed  to  participles,  forming 
  compounds  which  need  no  special  explanation;  as 
  many-angled,  many-celled,  many-eyed,  many-footed, 
  many-handed,  many-leaved,  many-lettered,  many-named, 
  many-peopled,  many-petaled,  many-seeded,  many-syllabled 
  (polysyllabic),  many-tongued,  many-voiced,  many-wived, 
  and  the  like 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Many  \Ma"ny\,  n.  [AS.  menigeo  menigo  menio,  multitude;  akin  to 
  G.  menge,  OHG.  manag[=i],  menig[=i],  Goth.  managei.  See 
  {Many},  a.] 
  1.  The  populace;  the  common  people;  the  majority  of  people, 
  or  of  a  community. 
 
  After  him  the  rascal  many  ran.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  A  large  or  considerable  number. 
 
  A  many  of  our  bodies  shall  no  doubt  Find  native 
  graves.  --Shak. 
 
  Seeing  a  great  many  in  rich  gowns.  --Addison. 
 
  It  will  be  concluded  by  manythat  he  lived  like  an 
  honest  man.  --Fielding. 
 
  Note:  In  this  sense  many  is  connected  immediately  with 
  another  substantive  (without  of)  to  show  of  what  the 
  many  consists;  as  a  good  many  [of]  people  think  so 
 
  He  is  liable  to  a  great  many  inconveniences. 
  --Tillotson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  many 
  adj  :  (quantifier  used  with  count  nouns;  often  preceded  by  `as'  or 
  `too'  or  `so'  or  `that')  amounting  to  a  large  but 
  indefinite  number;  "many  temptations";  "the  temptations 
  are  many";  "a  good  many";  "a  great  many";  "many 
  directions";  "take  as  many  apples  as  you  like";  "too 
  many  clouds  to  see";  "never  saw  so  many  people"  [ant:  {few}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Many  LA  (town,  FIPS  48470) 
  Location:  31.56536  N,  93.47486  W 
  Population  (1990):  3112  (1339  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  71449




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