simple

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Synonyms: simply, wimple, dimple, sample, simile, limple, pimple, rimple, sipple, siple, simpl

Antonyms: simply, wimple, dimple, sample, simile, limple, pimple, rimple, sipple, siple, simpl

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|taken by itself}} [[uncomplicated|Uncomplicated]]; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
2. {{senseid|en|easy}} [[easy|Easy]]; not difficult.
3. Without [[ornamentation]]; [[plain]].
4. Free from [[duplicity]]; [[guileless]], [[innocent]], [[straightforward]].
5. [[undistinguished|Undistinguished]] in social condition; of no special [[rank]].
6. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[trivial|Trivial]]; [[insignificant]].
7. {{lb|en|now|colloquial|euphemism}} Feeble-minded; [[foolish]].
8. {{lb|en|heading|technical}} Structurally uncomplicated.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Mere; not other than; being only.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|pharmaceutical drug}} A [[herbal]] [[preparation]] made from one [[plant]], as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|by extension}} A [[physician]].
3. {{lb|en|logic}} A simple or atomic [[proposition]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Something not [[mixed]] or [[compounded]].
5. {{lb|en|weaving}} A [[drawloom]].
6. {{lb|en|weaving}} Part of the [[apparatus]] for raising the [[heddle]]s of a [[drawloom]].
7. {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} A [[feast]] which is not a [[double]] or a [[semidouble]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|archaic}} To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

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