Same
Same , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon same, adv.; akin to Old Saxon sama, samo, adv., Old High German sam, a., sama, adv., Icelandic samr, a., Swedish samme, samma, Danish samme, Gothic sama, Russ. samuii, Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit sama, Greek {not transcribed} like, Latin simul at the same time, similis like, and English some, a., -some. r191. Compare Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]
1.
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
2.
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.
3.
Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
What ye know, the same do I know.
Do but think how well the same he spends,
Who spends his blood his country to relieve.
Bees like the same odors as we do.
[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend.
Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.