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1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.

3. Mere; not other than; being only.

4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.

5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.

8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.

9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.

10. Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

11. Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.

12. Homogenous.

13. Something not mixed or compounded.

14. A drawloom.

15. A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

16. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

17. Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; - opposed to compound.

18. A medicinal plant; - so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To gather simples, or medicinal plants.