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adjective

Much adj.

Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. "Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in."

Many in number. (Archaic) "Edom came out against him with much people."

High in rank or position. (Obs.)

adverb

Much adv. To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." "Thou art much mightier than we." "Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince." "Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much." "All left the world much as they found it."

noun

Much n.

A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. "He that gathered much had nothing over." Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.

A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. "And (he) thought not much to clothe his enemies."

To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.

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... Much of the way this water-course was too broad to permit detailed study of field conditions and crops, even with a glass. In such sections the recent dikes often have the appearance of being built from limestone blocks but a closer view showed them constructed from blocks of the river silt cut ...

— Farmers of Forty Centuries - or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan • F. H. King

... instructions to Berthier, explaining every move, and setting forth the reasons why Ratisbon had been chosen as headquarters. This would assure control of the Danube, keep open a line of communication, and enable the writer so to control space and time that he could open the campaign much ...

— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane

... go, I suppose. I'm sorry. I should have liked so much to be of use." She looked up at him appealingly, and sudden tears came and stood in her eyes, and would perhaps have undone his hurt but that he was ...

— The Imperialist • (a.k.a. Mrs. Everard Cotes) Sara Jeannette Duncan

... qualities, as co-existent with entire wickedness in one and the same person. But this likewise is the very circumstance which gives to this strange play its charm and universal interest. Don Juan is, from beginning to end, an intelligible character: as much so as the Satan of Milton. The poet asks only of the reader, what, as a poet, he is privileged to ask: namely, that sort of negative faith in the existence of such a being, which we willingly give to productions professedly ideal, and a disposition to the same state of feeling, as that ...

— Biographia Literaria • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... surmised as much already, and went back as fast as he could ride, while the beat of hoofs grew fainter down the trail. Ten minutes later, he drew bridle close by a man who held a lantern, and saw Sergeant Stimson ...

— Winston of the Prairie • Harold Bindloss

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