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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Many \Ma"ny\, n. [See {Meine}, {Mansion}.] A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Many \Ma"ny\, a. & pron. Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt be a father of many nations. --Gen. xvii. 4. [1913 Webster] Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. --1 Cor. i. 26. [1913 Webster] Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to {multi}. Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." --Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so many sins." --Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an. [1913 Webster] {Many a}, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." --Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --Gray. {Many one}, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. {The many}, the majority; -- opposed to {the few}. See {Many}, n. {Too many}, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Many \Ma"ny\, n. [AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge, OHG. manag[imac], menig[imac], Goth. managei. See {Many}, a.] 1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community. [1913 Webster] After him the rascal many ran. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A large or considerable number. [1913 Webster] A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Seeing a great many in rich gowns. --Addison. [1913 Webster] It will be concluded by many that he lived like an honest man. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] Note: In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive (without of) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of] people think so. [1913 Webster] He is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: many adj 1: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people" [ant: {few}]