Multitude \Mul"ti*tude\, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo,
   multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.]
   1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous
      collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
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            But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
            compassion on them.                   --Matt. ix.
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   2. A great number of persons or things, regarded
      collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of
      people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
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            It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they
            utterly neglect method in their harangues. --I.
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            A multitude of flowers
            As countless as the stars on high.    --Longfellow.
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   3. The state of being many; numerousness.
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            They came as grasshoppers for multitude. --Judg. vi.
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   The multitude, the populace; the mass of men.
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   Syn: Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm;
        populace; vulgar. See Throng.
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