SPage 406
- 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.