SPage 271
- English Word Simple Definition Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
- English Word Simple Definition Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
- English Word Simple Definition Mere; not other than; being only.
- English Word Simple Definition Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
- English Word Simple Definition Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
- English Word Simple Definition Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
- English Word Simple Definition Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
- English Word Simple Definition Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
- English Word Simple Definition Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
- English Word Simple Definition Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
- English Word Simple Definition Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
- English Word Simple Definition Homogenous.
- English Word Simple Definition Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
- English Word Simple Definition Something not mixed or compounded.
- English Word Simple Definition A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
- English Word Simple Definition A drawloom.
- English Word Simple Definition A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
- English Word Simple Definition A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- English Word Simple Definition To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
- English Word Simple-hearted Definition Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
- English Word Simple-minded Definition Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
- English Word Simpleness Definition The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.
- English Word Simpler Definition One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
- English Word Simpless Definition Simplicity; silliness.
- English Word Simpleton Definition A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
- English Word Simplician Definition One who is simple.
- English Word Simplicity Definition The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
- English Word Simplicity Definition The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
- English Word Simplicity Definition Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
- English Word Simplicity Definition Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.