LESSER
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Less"er (lĕs"&etilde_;r), a. [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See Less, a.] Less; smaller; inferior.
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God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night.
Gen. i. 15.
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&hand_; Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious.
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The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.
Shak.
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The larger here, and there the lesser lambs.
Pope.
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By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law.
Locke.
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Less"er, adv. Less. [Obs.] Shak.
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