plural
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plural \Plu"ral\, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf.
F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See {Plus}.]
Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or
more; as, a plural word.
[1913 Webster]
Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
{Plural number} (Gram.), the number which designates more
than one. See {Number}, n., 8.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PLURAL. A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one.
2. Sometimes, however, it may be so expressed that it means only one,
as, if a man were to devise to another all he was worth, if he, the
testator, died without children, and he died leaving one child, the devise
would not take effect. See Dig. 50, 16, 148; Id. 35, 1, 101, 1; Id. 3 1, 17,
4 Code, 6, 49, 6, 2; Shelf. on L 559, 589. See Singular.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "plural":
a certain number, a few, certain, composite, dual, more,
more than one, nonuniqueness, not singular, number, numerous,
numerousness, pluralism, pluralistic, plurality, pluralness,
plurative, several, singular, some, trial, variety, various
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