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no more, n., a., and adv.
Forms: α. 1 ná (nó) máre, 2 nam mare, 2–4 namare (4 namar), 3–5 na mare; Sc. 5 nomar(e, 6 na mair, 8–9 nae mair. β. 2–3 (nā) nam mor, nam more, 3–4 (nā) nammore, na more, 3–5 namore (4 -moore), 4–6 nomore (4–5 -mor), 4– no more (5 mor, 6 Sc. moir).
[f. ná no adv.2 + more n. etc. Cf. no less.
It is possible that the forms nam and nā (the latter frequently read and printed as nan) properly belong to none adv. 1 a. A curious change of vowel appears in the form nūmor (printed nunmor), which occurs several times in Gen. & Ex.]
A. n.
1. Nothing more or further.
αc888K. ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §1 Swa weliᵹne þæt he ᵹenoᵹ hæbbe & no maran ne ðyrfe. c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark xv. 5 Ða ne andswarode se hælend him na mare [Hatton nam mare]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 37 Soðliche ne þerft þu bidden namare. c1205Lay. 15737 Nat ich na mare to suggen þe of mine sune. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andrew) 67 Þai tynt þe sycht, & mycht nomare do, as for þane. 1486Bk. St. Albans e iij b, Of this ilke hare Speke we no mare. 1508Dunbar Poems vi. 34 Of varldis gud I bad na mair. 1786Burns Ep. to J. Smith xxix, I shall say nae mair, But quat my sang. 1816Scott Antiq. xii, I beg nae mair at ony single house than a meal o' meat.
βc1154O.E. Chron. (Laud. MS.) an. 1132, Þa he nā mor ne mihte, þa uuolde he ðæt his nefe sculde ben abbot in Burch. Ibid. an. 1137, Þa þe uurecce men ne hadden nā more to ȝyuen, þa ræueden hi. a1225Ancr. R. 246 Nullich of bonen siggen her nam more. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 638 Me..deþ a lettre þer to & namore [v.rr. nāmore, no more] iwis. 1340Ayenb. 270 Nammore ne is be-tuene ane manne and ane beste bote ine onderstondynge. 1390Gower Conf. I. 158 So that ther is nomor to seie Touchende of that. 1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 113 Therfor, Daw, I sey nomore to the at this tyme. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 1049 Of me gettis thou na more, Doutles this day. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxiii. 34 No moir thy pairt dois fall, Bot meit, drynk, clais. 1558Cavendish Poems (1825) II. 18 This is my last complaynt, I can say you no more. 1600Heywood 1st Pt. Edw. IV, D ij, I can no more but giue you mine aduise. 1680H. More Apocal. Apoc. 332 Nor has R. H. produced anything material against any part of Mr. Mede's Interpretations, no more no[r] so much as against his Synchronisms. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 328 They had no more to do then, but to get into their Boats. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 27 Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. 1818Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 406 There was no more of blasphemy in the publication than there was of witchcraft. 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 2 Who asked no more from them meanwhile than that they should prove their love.
b. ellipt. as a command or request.
c1460Towneley Myst. xvi. 385 Peasse now, no more! 1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 246 Before the time be out? no more. 1822Byron Vis. Judgm. xcii, The monarch..exclaimed ‘What! what!..No more—no more of that!’
2. ellipt. (See next.)
1895tr. Jusserand's Eng. Ess. 151 No more Don Japhet, no more verses..; of all these no mores, the last is the worst.
B. adj. Not any more; no further.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xii. 279 Ergo saluabitur, quod he, and seyde namore Latyne. c1400Rom. Rose 3237 Be wel ware to take nomore Counsel, that greveth aftir sore. c1470Henry Wallace i. 196 Eftir to Scottis that did no mor grewance. 1535Coverdale Acts xxiv. 11 There are yet nomore but twolue dayes sence I came vp to Ierusalem. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 70 Surely there is no more but one course of wel gouerning the common wealth. a1662Heylin Laud (1668) 157 Laud was resolved that there should be no more but one Bishop in that City. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxviii. (1708) 463, I know no more Reason I have to Obey my Husband, than my Husband has to Obey me. 1709Steele Tatler No. 176 ⁋8 Having no more Children than one Daughter. 1829T. L. Peacock Misfort. Elphin ii, The least honourable of the two is next in honour.., because there are no more but two. 1855Browning Bp. Blougram's Apol. 1 No more wine? Then we'll push back chairs and talk. 1895[see A. 2].
b. With implication of adv. 1.
1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 57 In the Morning when I look'd out, behold no more Ship was to be seen.
C. adv.
1. No longer. (Passing into 2.)
c1205Lay. 1949 Þa nolde Brutus na mare [c 1275 na more] Þat hit swa ihaten weore. c1250Owl & Night. 213 Nv him ne lust namore pleye; he wile gon a rihte weye. a1300Cursor M. 1401 Quen he herd he suld liue namare, Þan he logh. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 148 He wald na mare be called Kyng. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxv. 96 Cum hame and dwell no moir in Striuilling. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. i. 114 b, They resorted with the elders and were no more subiect to goe vnto the warres. 1601Shakes. All's Well iii. vi. 2 Hold me no more in your respect. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 671 Th' unhappy Husband, Husband now no more, Did on his tuneful Harp his Loss deplore. 1757Gray Bard iii. i, No more our long-lost Arthur we bewail. 1796Macneill Waes o' War, Up wi' frantic haste she started; Cauld nor fear she felt nae mair. 1803–6Wordsw. Ode Intim. Immort. 9 The things which I have seen I now can see no more. 1877Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 216 Military distinction is no more possible by prowess.
Comb.1820Shelley Prometheus Unb. iii. iv. 169 The ghosts of a no-more-remembered fame.
b. As predicate: No longer existent; departed, dead, gone.
1601Shakes. Jul. C. v. iii. 60 But Cassius is no more. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 827 But what if God have seen And Death ensue? then I shall be no more. 1712Addison Spect. No. 471 ⁋4 When the Heavens and Earth shall be no more. 1795Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 296 While I was discussing the merits of a single measure of a government, the government itself was no more. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 152 Last spring he was living but now he's no more. 1871Browning Balaust. 833 No, for I have to die:..but now, even now, I shall be reckoned among those no more.
2. Never again; nevermore.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7823 He wep..& bihet ȝif he moste libbe þat he nolde misdo nammore. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 414 Go heþen,..& cum nam-more in mi purpris. c1350Will. Palerne 2556 William ne is swete wiȝt seie hem na more. a1400–50Alexander 725 (D.), Fro he had hym þis worde sayd he wakens no more. c1440Alph. Tales 91 Þis old man..bad hur be a gude womman, & temp no mor no men. 1587Mirr. Mag., Albanact vi, Commaunded neuer to retourne no more. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 7 How happy they who wake no more! 1820Shelley Chas. I, ii. 415 The waters..are gone, and can return no more. 1846Keble Lyra Innoc. 235 No more to rest in sabbath shade.
3. To no greater extent; in no greater degree. (Followed by than.)
a1225Ancr. R. 380 ȝe owen uorte unnen þet no word ne kome of ou, nanmore þen of deade. a1300Cursor M. 502 Þai mai neuermar held til il, Namar þan þe wick mai to god will. 1340Ayenb. 27 Þe enuious ne may ysy þet guod of oþren nāmore þanne þe oule..þe zonne. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 190 No more than of the corne agayn the sheef. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxviii. 42 Eche of them..spared no thynge, no more than yf the Kynge of Englande had bene there in proper persone. 1633Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 186 Thou..canst no more be absent than not be thyself. 1721Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 130 These Creatures cannot bear Heat no more than the Snails. 1808Ashe Trav. I. 298 We majors, colonels, and generals..are so cheap and common here, that people don't mind us no more than nothing. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxi, [Laura's eyes] could no more help..looking and shining than one star can help being brighter than another.
4. Just a little; neither.
c1400Mandeville (1839) xx. 221 He schalle not trowe it lightly; and treuly, no more did I my self, til I saughe it. c1440Alph. Tales 106 Þan þe abbott said; ‘No more may þou lett þoghtis to com in þi harte & þi mynde’. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxxxiii. 260 He..durst speake no worde.., and no more durst none of his men. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. i. 7 You are not yong, no more am I. 1865Kingsley Herew. i, ‘I do not understand thee,’ quoth the Abbot. And no more he did. 1870M. Arnold St. Paul & Protestantism (1900) 63 You have not righteousness... No more have you, though you think you have. |