Less /(lĕs)/

Less

conj.
  1. Unless. [Obs.]

Less

a.
  1. Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
    Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian.
    — E. A. Freeman.

Less

adv.
  1. Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.

Less

n.
  1. A smaller portion or quantity.
    The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
    — Ex. xvi. 17.
  2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
    The less is blessed of the better.
    — Heb. vii. 7.

Less

v. t.
  1. To make less; to lessen. [Obs.]