2. Many in number. [Archaic]
Edom came out against him with much people.
Num. xx. 20. 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Much
(Much), n.
1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I.
He that gathered much had nothing over.
Ex. xvi. 18. Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore,
be modified by as, so, too, very.
2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.
And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies.
Milton. To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.
Much
(Much), adv. [Cf. Icel. mjök. See Much, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly.
"Much suffering heroes." Pope.
Thou art much mightier than we.
Gen. xxvi. 16.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince.
Prov. xvii. 7.
Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong
Life much.
Milton.
All left the world much as they found it.
Sir W. Temple. Muchel
(Much"el) a. [&radic103. See Mickle.] Much. [Obs.]
Muchness
(Much"ness), n. Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.]
The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth.
W. Whately. Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] "Men's men; gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness."
G. Eliot.
Muchwhat
(Much"what`) adv. Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] "Muchwhat after the same manner." Glanvill.
Mucic
(Mu"cic) a. [L. mucus mucus: cf. F. mucique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gums
and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc.,
as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.
Mucid
(Mu"cid) a. [L. mucidus, fr. L. mucus mucus. See Mucus, and cf. Moist.] Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.
— Mu"cid*ness, n.
Mucific
(Mu*cif"ic) a. [Mucus + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
1. (Med.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
2. (Physiol.) Secreting mucus.
