A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King
Pepin.
Shak.
4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning;
sincere; true.
Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and
I trust them.
Marston.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
Byron.
To be simple is to be great.
Emerson.
5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural;
inartificial;; straightforward.
In simple manners all the secret lies.
Young.
6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a
simple statement; simple language.
7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate
understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple
wits." Shak.
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well
to his going.
Prov. xiv. 15.
8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a
simple way of living.
Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.
Cowper.