simple

/ˈsɪmpəl/

noun

  1. 1

    A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A physician.

  3. 3

    A simple or atomic proposition.

  4. 4

    Something not mixed or compounded.

  5. 5

    A drawloom.

  6. 6

    Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

  7. 7

    A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

verb

  1. 1

    To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

adjective

  1. 1

    Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

  2. 2

    Without ornamentation; plain.

  3. 3

    Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

  4. 4

    Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

  5. 5

    Trivial; insignificant.

  6. 6

    Feeble-minded; foolish.

  7. 7

    (heading) Structurally uncomplicated.

  8. 8

    Mere; not other than; being only.

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