01 a. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
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Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.“Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.” — Ps. cii. 27.
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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.
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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.“Bees like the same odors as we do.” — Lubbock.“[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend.” — Macaulay.