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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOUN'TEOUS, a. [See Bounty.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generous; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as bounteous nature. It is used chiefly in poetry for bountiful.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English bountevous, bounteuous, from Anglo-French bontive kind, from bunté Date: 14th century 1. giving or disposed to give freely 2. liberally bestowed • bounteously adverb • bounteousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. poet. 1 generous, liberal. 2 freely given (bounteous affection). Derivatives: bounteously adv. bounteousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF bontif f. bonté BOUNTY after plenteous

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bounteous Boun"te*ous, a. [OE. bountevous, fr. bounte bounty.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. --Cowper. -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Liberal. See bountiful.