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simple
  1. (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  2. (obsolete) A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
  3. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
  4. (obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
  5. (weaving) A drawloom.
  6. (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
  7. (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
  8. Synonyms:
simplification
  1. the act of simplifying or something that has been simplified
  2. (logic) a valid simple argument
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The memorandum repeated and amplified the point about administrative simplification.”
      “However, this physical process cannot result in the simplification of septal folding in gerontic conchs.”
      “The problem with a dramatisation based on real events is that a degree of simplification in unavoidable.”
simp
  1. (slang) A man who foolishly overvalues a woman and puts her on a pedestal.
  2. (slang) A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She sparkles in the role and gives her character a wide-eyed sweetness without slipping into the portrayal of a stupid simp.”
      “It has always been difficult to grasp how Louise, a simp in the first two-thirds of the show, could become such a swan in the final act.”
      “Using d eta iled voice pro mpts to g uide your way, th e InTou ch is as simp le as pi cking u p yo ur te leph one.”
simplicity
  1. The state or quality of being simple
    1. The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded
    2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts
    3. lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity
    4. Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness
    5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clarity
    6. Freedom from complication; efficiency.
  2. (archaic, rare) An act or instance of foolishness.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The simplicity of the test makes it possible to obtain as many readings as necessary at little extra cost.”
      “The simplicity of the plot gave the drama much of its popular appeal.”
      “The stark simplicity of the design is enhanced by a tall cross on the roof and by the oaks and maples that surround the church.”
simpling
  1. An expedition to gather plants; a herborizing.
simpleton
  1. (pejorative) A simple person lacking common sense.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I was mocked as a simpleton when I sang of birds and bees and flowers like a child.”
      “It is endlessly diverting and can keep a simpleton like me amused for near hours on end.”
      “Is God a fool, a simpleton who can be fobbed off with an empty formula of words?”
simplifier
  1. Agent noun of simplify; one who simplifies.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Matthew Ruttan is a simplifier, dad-of-three and pastor at Westminster, Barrie, Ont.”
simpler
  1. (archaic) One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The English botanist will not have much satisfaction in shewing it to a simpler, who is not acquainted with it under the name given by Gerard or Ray.”
simplician
  1. (obsolete) One who is simple; a simpleton.
simpless
  1. (obsolete) simplicity; silliness
simplist
  1. (archaic) One who gathers medicinal herbs; one who simples.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The simplist things in life that might at times feel like chaos, but they are exactly what and who makes this life worthwhile.”
      “Our team is capable of handling all the necessary tasks in a landscaping project, from the simplist to the most complex.”
      “Many people have purchased other controllers than the simplist so here is a complete description of the Self-Powered controllers we make.”
simplisticness
  1. The quality of being simplistic.
simplifaction
  1. (informal) simplification
simpleness
  1. The property of being simple.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I think it was the humility and simpleness of his request that got me.”
      “She seemed much mortified at the somber simpleness of her dress.”
      “Po Chang's simpleness of mind evokes intelligent spontaneity. He didn't have to think about what he should do or be because there was no artificial split of mind-body dualism in him.”
simplity
  1. (obsolete) simplicity
simples
  1. plural of simple
simplifications
  1. plural of simplification
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It allows one to put out misleading simplifications as long as the caveats, ifs and buts are buried somewhere in the detailed material.”
      “Perhaps the necessary simplifications enforced by the chromolithographic and colouring processes caused this loss.”
      “As such, one side may try to demonize the other by using cognitive stereotypes and simplifications while making their own side appear just.”
simplifactions
  1. plural of simplifaction
simplicians
  1. plural of simplician
simplifiers
simplenesses
simplicities
  1. plural of simplicity
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He kept waving him off, pouring the matter into legalistic simplicities that easily rounded the contract.”
      “Computers make this complex architecture possible, obviating the simplicities of serial production.”
      “Maeve grumbled about how these people didn't understand the fundamental simplicities of adding on.”
simpletons
  1. plural of simpleton
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He may be a fool, but actual gurning simpletons generally don't make it far in his profession.”
      “He would spend hours working out the answer to a question that the rest of us simpletons dealt with in an hour.”
      “I am similarly hopeful that you liberal, subjectivist, collectivist simpletons are roundly agitated and annoyed.”
simplings
  1. plural of simpling
simplists
simplers
simps
  1. plural of simp
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All right, so this is all old news for you power punk simps, but this is a bandwagon I'm ready to climb on.”
      “Would we be people of action, stepping up in the moment when we are most needed, or would we be cowering simps, hiding until the worst of it is over?”
      “But it is not unmanly to feel deeply, which is often lost on the genre's simps and dullards, of which there have been many lately.”
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