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Webster 1913 Edition
Multitude
Mul′ti-tude
,Noun.
[F.
multitude
, L. multitudo
, multitudinis
, fr. multus
much, many; of unknown origin.] 1.
A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
But when he saw the
multitudes
, he was moved with compassion on them. Matt. ix. 36.
2.
A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively;
as, the book will be read by a
multitude
of people; the multitude
of stars; a multitude
of cares.It is a fault in a
multitude
of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues. I. Watts.
A
As countless as the stars on high.
multitude
of flowersAs countless as the stars on high.
Longfellow.
3.
The state of being many; numerousness.
They came as grasshoppers for
multitude
. Judg. vi. 5.
The multitude
, the populace; the mass of men.
Syn. – Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See
Throng
. Webster 1828 Edition
Multitude
MUL'TITUDE
,Noun.
1.
The state of being many; a great number.2.
A number collectively; the sum of many.3.
A great number, indefinitely. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they utterly neglect method in their harangues.
4.
A crowd or throng; the populace; applied to the populace when assembled in great numbers, and to the mass of men without reference to an assemblage. He the vast hissing multitude admires.
The multitude have always been credulous, and the few artful.