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Much \Much\, n.
1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite
quantity; as, you have as much as I.
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He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi.
18.
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Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective
qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be
modified by as, so, too, very.
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2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something
considerable.
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And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies.
--Milton.
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{To make much of}, to treat as something of especial value or
worth.
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Much \Much\ (m[u^]ch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but
supplied by {More} (m[=o]r), and {Most} (m[=o]st), from
another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as
mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr.
me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much.
[root]103. See {Mickle}.]
1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has
fallen; much time.
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Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and
shalt gather but little in. --Deut.
xxviii. 38.
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2. Many in number. [Archaic]
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Edom came out against him with much people. --Num.
xx. 20.
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3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Much \Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See {Much}, a.]
To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far;
nearly. "Much suffering heroes." --Pope.
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Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi.
16.
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Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do
lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii.
7.
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Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong
Life much. --Milton.
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All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W.
Temple.
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