\-mere\ [Gr. ? part.]
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.

\Mere\, n. [Written also mar.] [OE. mere, AS. mere mere,
sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G.
meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. &
Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning
originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. {Mortal},
{Marine}, {Marsh}, {Mermaid}, {Moor}.]
A pool or lake. --Drayton. Tennyson.

\Mere\, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gem[=ae]re.
[root]269.]
A boundary. --Bacon.

\Mere\, v. t.
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]
      Which meared her rule with Africa.       --Spenser.

\Mere\, n.
A mare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Mere\, a. [Superl. {Merest}. The comparative is rarely or
never used.] [L. merus.]
1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
         Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman.
         The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed.
                                               --Jer. Taylor.
2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple;
   bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
         From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor
         of any nation.                        --Atterbury.