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Webster 1913 Edition
Numerous
1.
Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many;
as, a
. numerous
army; numerous
objectionsSuch and so
numerous
was their chivalry. Milton.
2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
[Obs.]
Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips, in prose or
– Flowed from their lips, in prose or
numerous
verse. Milton.
Nu′mer-ous-ly
, adv.
Nu′mer-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Numerous
NU'MEROUS
,Adj.
1.
Being many, or consisting of a great number of individuals; as a numerous army; a numerous body; a numerous people.2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; melodious; musical. In prose, a style becomes numerous by the alternate disposition or intermixture of long and short syllables, or of long and short words; or by a judicious selection and disposition of smooth flowing words, and by closing the periods with important or well sounding words.Definition 2024
numerous
numerous
English
Adjective
numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)
- Indefinitely large numerically, many.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 168:
- Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
- There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.
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Synonyms
- See many
Derived terms
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Translations
Indefinitely large numerically
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