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simple

/ˈsɪmpəl/
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noun

  • A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  • (by extension) A physician.
  • A simple or atomic proposition.
  • Something not mixed or compounded.
  • A drawloom.
  • Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
  • A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

verb

  • To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

adjective

  • Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
  • Without ornamentation; plain.
  • Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
  • Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
  • Trivial; insignificant.
  • Feeble-minded; foolish.
  • (heading) Structurally uncomplicated.
  • Mere; not other than; being only.
Synonyms:onefoldplain

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