I. ˈmi(ə)r, -iə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English — more at marine
1. obsolete
a. : sea
b. : an arm of the sea : creek , inlet
2. : a sheet of standing water : lake , pool
had seen several boats on an inland mere — Yale Review
3. : fen , marsh
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mǣre, ge mǣre — more at munition
archaic : boundary : a mark or line defining a boundary : landmark , limit
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
archaic : to mark the boundaries of
intransitive verb
obsolete : to abut on
IV. adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin merus pure, bare — more at morn
1.
a. : done or invoked without assistance or support — used chiefly in legal contexts in the phrases mere motion, mere will
b. law : having theoretical or legal but not practical reality
mere right
2. obsolete : fully realized or developed : absolute , total , undiminished
3. : exclusive of or considered apart from anything else : bare
if he does not want us to accept his theory of the good on his mere authority, he needs to give us some rational ground for it — M.R.Cohen
something above mere politics — D.W.Brogan
4. : having no admixture : pure , undiluted
mere genius — Stanislaus Joyce
V. ˈmerē noun
( -s )
Etymology: Maori
1. Australia : a Maori war club
2. Australia : a miniature Maori war club fashioned of greenstone and worn as an ornament
VI. ˈmi(ə)r, -iə noun
( -s )
Etymology: -mere
zoology : segment , metamere