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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Than \Than\ ([th][a^]n), conj. [OE. than thon, then, thanne, thonne, thenne, than then, AS [eth]anne, [eth]onne, [eth][ae]nne; akin to D. dan, OHG. danne, G. dann then, denn than for Goth. [thorn]an then, and to E. the there that See {That}, and cf {Then}.] A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more better, other otherwise, and the like It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that as I would rather suffer than that you should want Behold, a greater than Solomon is here --Matt. xii. 42. Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom Satan except, none higher sat. --Milton. It's wiser being good than bad It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. --R. Browning. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Than \Than\, adv Then. See {Then}. [Obs.] --Gower. Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. --Chaucer.
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