(1):
(a.) Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
(2):
(a.) Something not mixed or compounded.
(3):
(a.) 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.
(4):
(a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; - opposed to compound.
(5):
(a.) Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
(6):
(a.) Mere; not other than; being only.
(7):
(a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
(8):
(a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
(9):
(v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
(10):
(a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
(11):
(a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
(12):
(a.) A drawloom.
(13):
(a.) A medicinal plant; - so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
(14):
(a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
(15):
(a.) Homogenous.
(16):
(a.) 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.
(17):
(a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
(18):
(a.) Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
(19):
(a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.