·adj Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
II. Simple ·adj A Drawloom.
III. Simple ·adj Mere; not other than; being only.
IV. Simple ·adj Homogenous.
V. Simple ·adj Something not mixed or compounded.
VI. Simple ·adj Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
VII. Simple ·vi To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
VIII. Simple ·adj A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
IX. Simple ·adj A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
X. Simple ·adj Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
XI. Simple ·adj Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
XII. Simple ·adj Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
XIII. Simple ·adj Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
XIV. Simple ·adj Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian;
— opposed to compound.
XV. Simple ·adj Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
XVI. Simple ·adj Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
XVII. Simple ·adj A medicinal plant;
— so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
XVIII. Simple ·adj 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, ·adj.
XIX. Simple ·adj 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.