Mere /(mēr)/

Mere

n.
  1. A pool or lake.

Mere

n.
  1. A boundary.

Mere

v. t.
  1. To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.]
    Which meared her rule with Africa.

Mere

n.
  1. A mare. [Obs.]

Mere

a.
  1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
    Then entered they the mere, main sea.
    The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed.
  2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
    From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation.