Part 406

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning?

Prov. i. 22.

Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. simplification.] The act of simplifying. A. Smith.

Sim"pli*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simplified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Simplifying (?).] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified.

A. Hamilton.

It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions.

W. Nicholson.

Sim"plist (?), n. One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. Sir T. Browne.

Sim*plis"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] Wilkinson.

Sim"pli*ty (?), n. Simplicity. [Obs.]

Sim"plo*ce (?), n. (Gram.) See Symploce.

Sim"ply (?), adv. 1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other.

Hooker.

Simply the thing I am Shall make me live.

Shak.

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2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.

Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek.

Milton.

3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.

{ Sim"u*la`cher, Sim"u*la`chre } (?), n. [Cf. F. simulacre.] See Simulacrum. [Obs.]

||Sim`u*la"crum (?), n.; pl. Simulacra (#). [L. See Simulate.] A ||likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a ||derogatory sense.

Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum.

Thackeray.

Sim"u*lar (?), n. [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.] One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak.

Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers.