same

a. [ AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. sama, Gr. &unr_; like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. √191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some. ] 1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ethereal vigor is in all the same. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned. [ 1913 Webster ]

What ye know, the same do I know. Job. xiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do but think how well the same he spends,
Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bees like the same odors as we do. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]