MERE (5)

Mere (?), a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.] [[L. merus.]] 1. 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor. 2. 2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.