no more--prophetes.ai

no more, n., a., and adv.
  Forms: α. 1 ná (nó) máre, 2 nam mare, 2–4 namare (4 namar), 3–5 na mare; Sc. 5 nomar(e, 6 na mair, 8–9 nae mair. β. 2–3 (nā) nam mor, nam more, 3–4 (nā) nammore, na more, 3–5 namore (4 -moore), 4–6 nomore (4–5 -mor), 4– no more (5 mor, 6 Sc. moir).
  [f. ná no adv.² + more n. etc. Cf. no less.
  It is possible that the forms nam and nā (the latter frequently read and printed as nan) properly belong to none adv. 1 a. A curious change of vowel appears in the form nūmor (printed nunmor), which occurs several times in Gen. & Ex.]
  A. n.
  1. Nothing more or further.

α c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §1 Swa weliᵹne þæt he ᵹenoᵹ hæbbe & no maran ne ðyrfe. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark xv. 5 Ða ne andswarode se hælend him na mare [Hatton nam mare]. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Soðliche ne þerft þu bidden namare. c 1205 Lay. 15737 Nat ich na mare to suggen þe of mine sune. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andrew) 67 Þai tynt þe sycht, & mycht nomare do, as for þane. 1486 Bk. St. Albans e iij b, Of this ilke hare Speke we no mare. 1508 Dunbar Poems vi. 34 Of varldis gud I bad na mair. 1786 Burns Ep. to J. Smith xxix, I shall say nae mair, But quat my sang. 1816 Scott Antiq. xii, I beg nae mair at ony single house than a meal o' meat.

β c 1154 O.E. Chron. (Laud. MS.) an. 1132, Þa he nā mor ne mihte, þa uuolde he ðæt his nefe sculde ben abbot in Burch. Ibid. an. 1137, Þa þe uurecce men ne hadden nā more to ȝyuen, þa ræueden hi. a 1225 Ancr. R. 246 Nullich of bonen siggen her nam more. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 638 Me..deþ a lettre þer to & namore [v.rr. nāmore, no more] iwis. 1340 Ayenb. 270 Nammore ne is be-tuene ane manne and ane beste bote ine onderstondynge. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 158 So that ther is nomor to seie Touchende of that. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 113 Therfor, Daw, I sey nomore to the at this tyme. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1049 Of me gettis thou na more, Doutles this day. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxiii. 34 No moir thy pairt dois fall, Bot meit, drynk, clais. 1558 Cavendish Poems (1825) II. 18 This is my last complaynt, I can say you no more. 1600 Heywood 1st Pt. Edw. IV, D ij, I can no more but giue you mine aduise. 1680 H. More Apocal. Apoc. 332 Nor has R. H. produced anything material against any part of Mr. Mede's Interpretations, no more no[r] so much as against his Synchronisms. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 328 They had no more to do then, but to get into their Boats. 1742 Young Nt. Th. i. 27 Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. 1818 Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 406 There was no more of blasphemy in the publication than there was of witchcraft. 1872 Morley Voltaire (1886) 2 Who asked no more from them meanwhile than that they should prove their love.

b. ellipt. as a command or request.

c 1460 Towneley Myst. xvi. 385 Peasse now, no more! 1610 Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 246 Before the time be out? no more. 1822 Byron Vis. Judgm. xcii, The monarch..exclaimed ‘What! what!..No more—no more of that!’

2. ellipt. (See next.)

1895 tr. Jusserand's Eng. Ess. 151 No more Don Japhet, no more verses..; of all these no mores, the last is the worst.

B. adj. Not any more; no further.

1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xii. 279 Ergo saluabitur, quod he, and seyde namore Latyne. c 1400 Rom. Rose 3237 Be wel ware to take nomore Counsel, that greveth aftir sore. c 1470 Henry Wallace i. 196 Eftir to Scottis that did no mor grewance. 1535 Coverdale Acts xxiv. 11 There are yet nomore but twolue dayes sence I came vp to Ierusalem. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 70 Surely there is no more but one course of wel gouerning the common wealth. a 1662 Heylin Laud (1668) 157 Laud was resolved that there should be no more but one Bishop in that City. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxviii. (1708) 463, I know no more Reason I have to Obey my Husband, than my Husband has to Obey me. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 176 ¶8 Having no more Children than one Daughter. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfort. Elphin ii, The least honourable of the two is next in honour.., because there are no more but two. 1855 Browning Bp. Blougram's Apol. 1 No more wine? Then we'll push back chairs and talk. 1895 [see A. 2].

b. With implication of adv. 1.

1719 De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 57 In the Morning when I look'd out, behold no more Ship was to be seen.

C. adv.
1. No longer. (Passing into 2.)

c 1205 Lay. 1949 Þa nolde Brutus na mare [c 1275 na more] Þat hit swa ihaten weore. c 1250 Owl & Night. 213 Nv him ne lust namore pleye; he wile gon a rihte weye. a 1300 Cursor M. 1401 Quen he herd he suld liue namare, Þan he logh. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 148 He wald na mare be called Kyng. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxv. 96 Cum hame and dwell no moir in Striuilling. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. i. 114 b, They resorted with the elders and were no more subiect to goe vnto the warres. 1601 Shakes. All's Well iii. vi. 2 Hold me no more in your respect. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 671 Th' unhappy Husband, Husband now no more, Did on his tuneful Harp his Loss deplore. 1757 Gray Bard iii. i, No more our long-lost Arthur we bewail. 1796 Macneill Waes o' War, Up wi' frantic haste she started; Cauld nor fear she felt nae mair. 1803–6 Wordsw. Ode Intim. Immort. 9 The things which I have seen I now can see no more. 1877 Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 216 Military distinction is no more possible by prowess.

Comb. 1820 Shelley Prometheus Unb. iii. iv. 169 The ghosts of a no-more-remembered fame.

b. As predicate: No longer existent; departed, dead, gone.

1601 Shakes. Jul. C. v. iii. 60 But Cassius is no more. 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 827 But what if God have seen And Death ensue? then I shall be no more. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 471 ¶4 When the Heavens and Earth shall be no more. 1795 Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 296 While I was discussing the merits of a single measure of a government, the government itself was no more. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 152 Last spring he was living but now he's no more. 1871 Browning Balaust. 833 No, for I have to die:..but now, even now, I shall be reckoned among those no more.

2. Never again; nevermore.

1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7823 He wep..& bihet ȝif he moste libbe þat he nolde misdo nammore. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 414 Go heþen,..& cum nam-more in mi purpris. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2556 William ne is swete wiȝt seie hem na more. a 1400–50 Alexander 725 (D.), Fro he had hym þis worde sayd he wakens no more. c 1440 Alph. Tales 91 Þis old man..bad hur be a gude womman, & temp no mor no men. 1587 Mirr. Mag., Albanact vi, Commaunded neuer to retourne no more. 1742 Young Nt. Th. i. 7 How happy they who wake no more! 1820 Shelley Chas. I, ii. 415 The waters..are gone, and can return no more. 1846 Keble Lyra Innoc. 235 No more to rest in sabbath shade.

3. To no greater extent; in no greater degree. (Followed by than.)

a 1225 Ancr. R. 380 ȝe owen uorte unnen þet no word ne kome of ou, nanmore þen of deade. a 1300 Cursor M. 502 Þai mai neuermar held til il, Namar þan þe wick mai to god will. 1340 Ayenb. 27 Þe enuious ne may ysy þet guod of oþren nāmore þanne þe oule..þe zonne. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 190 No more than of the corne agayn the sheef. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxviii. 42 Eche of them..spared no thynge, no more than yf the Kynge of Englande had bene there in proper persone. 1633 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 186 Thou..canst no more be absent than not be thyself. 1721 Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 130 These Creatures cannot bear Heat no more than the Snails. 1808 Ashe Trav. I. 298 We majors, colonels, and generals..are so cheap and common here, that people don't mind us no more than nothing. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis xxi, [Laura's eyes] could no more help..looking and shining than one star can help being brighter than another.

4. Just a little; neither.

c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xx. 221 He schalle not trowe it lightly; and treuly, no more did I my self, til I saughe it. c 1440 Alph. Tales 106 Þan þe abbott said; ‘No more may þou lett þoghtis to com in þi harte & þi mynde’. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon lxxxiii. 260 He..durst speake no worde.., and no more durst none of his men. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. ii. i. 7 You are not yong, no more am I. 1865 Kingsley Herew. i, ‘I do not understand thee,’ quoth the Abbot. And no more he did. 1870 M. Arnold St. Paul & Protestantism (1900) 63 You have not righteousness... No more have you, though you think you have.