perplus

perplus [ML < CL per-+plus] 1 (in pl.) very many more, much more numerous: a (of person or animal); b (of object, act, or abstr.). sancti in plebe Dei ~ures Bede Gen. 38; aliique utriusque sexus ~ures Id. HE I 7 p. 22; constructo monasterio virginum Deo devotarum ~urium Ib. IV 17 p. 244; invenies alios perplures, lector, ibidem / egregios ‥ magistros Alcuin SS Ebor 1557; ~ures ministri regis Asser Alf. 42; cum ‥ contingat quod ‥ ponat ille, qui primo superoneraverit pasturam, ~ura averia, quam ad ipsum pertinet habenda Reg. Malm. I 79. b dona in diversis speciebus ~ura Bede HE I 32 p. 67; ~ura catholicae observationis moderamina Ib. III 28 p. 195; alia ~ura ecclesiasticae castitati et paci contraria Ib. V 18 p. 321; sunt ‥ alii ~ures errores Petrus Dial. 5. 2 (as sb.) very great number (of people). ~ures instituere studuit Asser Alf. 89; factum est ut ~ures ex discipulis ejus fierent ‥ abbates ‥ in gente Anglorum Wulf. Æthelwold 31 (= Ælf. Æthelwold 20).

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