Same (?), a. [AS. same, adv.; akin to OS.
sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth.
sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. &?;, Skr.
sama, Gr. &?; like, L.
simul at the same time, similis like, and E.
some, a., -some. √191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem,
v. i., Semi-, Similar,
Some.]
1. Not different or other; not
another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the
same, and thy years shall have no end.
Ps. cii. 27.
2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
The
ethereal vigor is in all the same.
Dryden. 3. Just
mentioned, or just about to be
mentioned.
What ye know, the
same do I know.
Job. xiii. 2. Do but think
how well the same he spends,
Who spends his blood his
country to relieve.
Daniel. &fist; Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often
used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by
as or with.
Bees like the same odors as we do.
Lubbock. [He] held the same political opinions
with his illustrious friend.
Macaulay.
Hear it pronounced