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[SYMPIESOMETER.] sim-ple, *sym-ple, a. & 8. [Fr. simple, from Lat.simplicem, acc us. of simplex =simple; lit.=onefold, from sim-, a prefix=same (seen also in sem - el =once, sim - ul =together) and plico =to fold; Sp. simple; Port. simples; Ital. simplice, semplice.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Single; not double or duplex; consisting of only one thing; uncompounded or uncombined with anything else. "Among substances, some are called simple , some compound, whether taken in a philosophical or vulgar sense." -Watts : Logic . 2. Not complex or complicated; as, a simple machine. 3. Mere, pure; being no more and no le than; nothing else than; being only. 4. Not distinguished by any excellence; plain; of an average quality. "Thy simple fare, and all thy plain delights." Cowper: Tusk , i. 646. 5. Not given to deceit, stratagem, art, or duplicity; undesigning, artle , harmle , sincere. "Off their own element they were as simple as children."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. 6. Unaffected, plain, artle , unconstrained; not artificial; unadorned. "In his simple show he harbors treason." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II ., iii. 1. 7. Unmistakable, clear, plain, intelligible; as, a simple statement. 8. Easy to be done; not difficult or complicated; as, a simple problem, a simple task. 9. Weak in intellect; rather silly; too confiding. "The simple believeth every word."- Proverbs xiv. 15. II. Technically : 1. Bot .: Not consisting of several distinct parts; scarcely divided or branched at all. 2. Chem.: Elementary. [ELEMENT, 8., II. 2.] 3. Math .: Not complicated. A simple quantity is a quantity containing but one term. (MONOMIAL.] A simple equation is one of the first degree. Simple addition is the addition of numbers expre ed in a uniform scale. Simple subtraction,multiplication, division, ., have corresponding significations. 4. Min .: The same as HOMOGENEOUS (q.v.). 5. Pathol.: Uncomplicated with other diseases; as, simple apoplexy. Simple interest : (See under the noun.) [INTEREST, 8., II. 1.] answer. *simple-answered, adj . Making a plain, simple "Be simple - answered , for we know the truth." Shakesp.: Lear , iii. 7. simple-ascidians, s . pl . [ASCIDIADE.] simple-contract, s. Law : A parole promise, verbal or written, but not under seal. A simple contract debt is one ascertained only by oral evidence or by unsealed notes. simple-hearted, adj . Having a simple, open heart; single-hearted, ingenuous. simple-larceny, s . [LARCENY.] IMG:content-1484.png:[blocks in formation] simpler's joy, s. simploce Bot.: Verbena officinal is . So named from the good sale collectors of simples had for so highly esteemed a plant. ( Prior .) *sim-plě e, s. (Fr.) Simplicity, simplene . "Their weeds been not so nighly wore, Such simple e mought them shend." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar: July. sim-ple-ton, s. [Fr., simplet , fem. simplette =a simple person, from simple simple (q. v.).) A simple, silly person; one who is simple, a person of weak intellect. "They look upon persons employing their time in making verses, pictures, or in reading books, as simpletons easily to be deceived." -Knox: Winter Evenings , even. 60. sim-plěx, a . [Lat.) Simple, single. *sim-pli-cian, s. [O. Fr.simplicien.] A simple, artle , or innocent person; a simpleton. "Sometimes the veriest simplicians are most lucky, the wisest politicians least, especially where orders are unobserved."-Archd. Arnway: The Tablet, or Moderation of Chas . I., p. 44. sim-pli-çi-den-tā-tą, subst. pl. [Lat. simplex (gen it. simplicis ), and neut. pl. of Lat. dentatus = dentated.] Zool .: Simple-tocthed Rodents; a sub-order of Rodent i a (q. v.). The sub-order comprises most of the Rodent i a, arranged in three sections: Sciuromorpha, Myomorpha, and Hystricomorph a. *sim-pli-çi-mā-nī, s. pl . [ Lat.simplex (gen it. simplicis ), and manus = a hand.] Entom.: A division of Car abide, instituted by Latreille. sim-pliç-i-těr, adv. [Lat.=simply.] Law : Without involving anything not actually named. sim-pliç'-1-ty, subst . [ Fr.simplicité , from Lat. simplicitatem , acc us. of simp licit as , from simplex (gen it, simplicis ) =simple (q. v.); Sp. simplicidad ; Ital. simplicità , semplicità .] 1. The quality or state of being simple, single, or uncompounded; simplene , singlene . "Mandrakes afford a papaverous unpleasant odor in the leaf or apple, discoverable in their simplicity and mixture."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. vii., ch. vii. *2. That which is simple, single, uncompounded, or indivisible. "They divided the divine attributes into so many persons; because the infirmity of a human mind cannot sufficiently conceive, or explain, so much power and action in a simplicity so great and indivisible as that of God."-Pope: View of the Epic Poem, § 1. 3. The quality or state of being simple or not complex; freedom from complication. "We are led to conceive that great machine of the world to have been once in a state of greater simplicity than now it is."-Burnet: Theory of the Earth . 4. Freedom from subtlety or abstrusene ; plainne , clearne ; as, the simplicity of a problem. 5. Freedom from a disposition to duplicity, cunning, or stratagem; artle ne , sincerity, harmle ne , innocence. "By the simplicity of Venus' doves." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. 6. Plainne , naturalne ; absence of anything that seems extraordinary. 7. Freedom from or absence of artificial ornament; style. plainne ; as, simplicity of dre , simplicity of 8. Weakne of intellect; silline folly. "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?” one person in trust for another. simple-umbel, s. [UMBEL.]