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Definition of More than
1. Adjective. (comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree. "More than a gallon"
Lexicographical Neighbors of More Than
Literary usage of More than
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"... nor does he desire them, or desires them but moderately, not more than he
ought, nor at the wrong time, etc.; but those things which, being pleasant, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"No author or man ever excelled all the world in more than one faculty, and as
Homer has done this in invention, Virgil has in judgment. ..."