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Webster 1913 Edition
Numerous
1.
Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many;
as, a
. numerous
army; numerous
objectionsSuch and so
numerous
was their chivalry. Milton.
2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
[Obs.]
Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips, in prose or
– Flowed from their lips, in prose or
numerous
verse. Milton.
Nu′mer-ous-ly
, adv.
Nu′mer-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Numerous
NU'MEROUS
,Adj.
1.
Being many, or consisting of a great number of individuals; as a numerous army; a numerous body; a numerous people.2.
Consisting of poetic numbers; melodious; musical. In prose, a style becomes numerous by the alternate disposition or intermixture of long and short syllables, or of long and short words; or by a judicious selection and disposition of smooth flowing words, and by closing the periods with important or well sounding words.