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adv. [ AS. ðē, ð&ymacr_;, instrumental case of sē, seó, ðæt, the definite article. See 2d The. ] By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. “Yet not the more cease I.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

So much the rather thou, Celestial Light,
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
Irradiate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Thee. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Tea. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now commonly referred to the genus Camellia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. qeandriko`s; qeo`s god + anh`r, andro`s, a man. ] Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature. Murdock. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [ Homer's ] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; god + &unr_; man. ] 1. A state of being God and man. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Theanthropism. [ 1913 Webster ]