Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MORE, a. [Sax. more, mara or mare, more or greater; D. meer; G. mehr; Dan. meere; Sw. mer. The Saxon ma and mo, in Chaucer, have the same sense. In W. mawr, Ir. mor, signifies great, in the positive degree. The word may contracted from mag, the root of L. magis; mare, for mager; but this is conjecture.]

1. Greater in quality, degree or amount; in a general sense; as, more land; more water; more courage; more virtue; more power or wisdom; more love; more praise; more light. It is applicable to every thing, material or immaterial.
2. Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; as, more men; more virtues; more years, The children of Israel are more than we. Exod. i.
3. Greater. The more part knew not why they had come together. Acts xix.
4. Added to some former number; additional. But Montague demands one labor more. Addison.