the
the is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. "Yet not the more cease I." Milton. So much the rather thou, Celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aback
- abaft
- abandon
- abandonment
- abase
- abasement
- abate
- abatement
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdication
- abditory
- abdomen
- abdominal
- abettor
- abide
- abjuration
- abjure
- able
- ablegate
- ablepsy
- ablude
- abnegation
- abode
- about
- above
- abreast
- abridge
- abridgment
- abroad
- abrogate
- abrogation
- abrupt
- absence
- absinthe
- absolution
- absolve
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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