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alternative nonstandard 'n · alternative obsolete thanne · alternative obsolete then

1. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

   Profits were higher than forecast.

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   The movie has a different name than I thought.

   Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

   2013 July 20, “Old Soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

   The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.

   Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.

   1665, Edward Stillingfleet, William Laud, Thomas Carwell, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

   she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no (other) choice than to return home; I love you more than (what) she does, but less than he, or than I do your sisters.

2. dialectalobsoleteusuallyBecause; for.

   If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.

   1854, Reformation series

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   You shall also take the fine earth or mould which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees, rising from the root almost to the middle of the Tree, at least so far as the tree is hollow, for than this, there is no earth or mould finer or richer.

   1668, William Lawson, A Way to Get Wealth

alternative nonstandard 'n · alternative obsolete thanne · alternative obsolete then

1. Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

   No player is more skillful than Greg.

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   Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.

alternative nonstandard 'n · alternative obsolete thanne · alternative obsolete then

1. not comparablenow chiefly dialectal or a misspellingAt that time; then.

plural Thans

1. A surname.
2. Thangadh, a town in the Indian state of Gujarat.
3. A village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.