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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Less \Less\, verb (used with an object) To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
-less \-less\ (-l[e^]s) suff. [AS. le['a]s loose, false; akin to OS. l[=o]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf. {Loose}, {Leasing}.] A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Less \Less\ (l[e^]s), conj. Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Less \Less\, adjective [OE. lesse, AS. l[=ae]ssa; akin to OFries. l[=e]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little.] Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars. See {Less}, noun
Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian. --E. A. Freeman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Less \Less\, adverb [AS. l[=ae]s. See {Less}, adjective, and cf. {Lest}.] Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. A smaller portion or quantity.
The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17.
2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
The less is blessed of the better. --Heb. vii. 7.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adverb
1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" [syn: {less}, {to a lesser extent}] [ant: {more}, {to a greater extent}]
2: comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" [ant: {more}]
adjective
1: (comparative of 'little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" [ant: {more than}, {more(a)}]
2: (usually preceded by 'no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"
3: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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