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LESS, for unless. [Not in use.]

LESS, A terminating syllable of many nouns and some adjectives. Hence it is a privative word, denoting destitution; as a witless man, a man destitute of wit; childless, without children; fatherless; faithless; penniless; lawless, &c.

LESS, a. Smaller; not so large or great; as a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer affliction in a greater or less degree.

LESS, adv. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as less bright or loud; less beautiful; less obliging; less careful. The less a man praises himself, the more disposed are others to praise him.

LESS, n.

1. Not so much.

They gathered some more, some less. Ex. 16.

2. An inferior.

The less is blessed by the better. Heb. 7.

LESS, v.t. To make less. [Not in use.]



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LESS, for unless. [Not in use.]

LESS, A terminating syllable of many nouns and some adjectives. Hence it is a privative word, denoting destitution; as a witless man, a man destitute of wit; childless, without children; fatherless; faithless; penniless; lawless, &c.

LESS, a. Smaller; not so large or great; as a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer affliction in a greater or less degree.

LESS, adv. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as less bright or loud; less beautiful; less obliging; less careful. The less a man praises himself, the more disposed are others to praise him.

LESS, n.

1. Not so much.

They gathered some more, some less. Ex. 16.

2. An inferior.

The less is blessed by the better. Heb. 7.

LESS, v.t. To make less. [Not in use.]


LESS, a. [Sax. læs; perhaps allied to Dan. liser, to abate, to lessen, to relieve, to case. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little.]

Smaller; not so large or great; as, a less quantity or number; of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer in a greater or less degree.


LESS, adv.

Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful; less obliging; less careful. The less a man praises himself, the more disposed are others to praise him.


LESS, n.

  1. Not so much. They gathered some more, some less. Exod. xvi.
  2. An inferior. The less is blessed by the better. – Heb. vii.

LESS, prep. [for Unless.]

[Not in use.]


LESS, v.

A terminating syllable of many nouns and some adjectives, is the Sax. leas, Goth. laus, belonging to the verb lysan, lausyan, to loose, free, separate. Hence it is a privative word, denoting destitution; as, a witless man, a man destitute of wit; childless, without children; fatherless; faithless; pennyless; lawless, &c.


LESS, v.t.

To make less. [Not in use.] – Gower.


-less
  1. A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
  2. Unless.

    [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  3. Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.

    * The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars. See Less, n.

    Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian. E. A. Freeman.

  4. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
  5. A smaller portion or quantity.

    The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17.

  6. To make less; to lessen.

    [Obs.] Gower.
  7. The inferior, younger, or smaller.

    The less is blessed of the better. Heb. vii. 7.

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Less

LESS, for unless. [Not in use.]

LESS, A terminating syllable of many nouns and some adjectives. Hence it is a privative word, denoting destitution; as a witless man, a man destitute of wit; childless, without children; fatherless; faithless; penniless; lawless, etc.

LESS, adjective Smaller; not so large or great; as a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer affliction in a greater or less degree.

LESS, adverb Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as less bright or loud; less beautiful; less obliging; less careful. The less a man praises himself, the more disposed are others to praise him.

LESS, noun

1. Not so much.

They gathered some more, some less Exodus 16:17.

2. An inferior.

The less is blessed by the better. Hebrews 7:7.

LESS, verb transitive To make less [Not in use.]

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

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