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