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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOUN'TIFUL, a. [bounty and full.] Free to give; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors; munificent; generous.
God, the bountiful author of our being.
It is followed by of before the thing given, and to before the person receiving.

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]
2: producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil" [syn: bountiful, plentiful]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1508 1. liberal in bestowing gifts or favors 2. given or provided abundantly <a bountiful harvest> Synonyms: see liberal • bountifully adverb • bountifulness noun

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city N Utah N of Salt Lake City population 41,301

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 = BOUNTEOUS. 2 ample. Phrases and idioms: Lady Bountiful a charitable but patronizing lady of a neighbourhood (after a character in Farquhar's Beaux' Stratagem, 1707). Derivatives: bountifully adv. Etymology: BOUNTY + -FUL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bountiful Boun"ti*ful, a. 1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. God, the bountiful Author of our being. --Locke. 2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food. Syn: Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. -- Boun"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Boun"ti*ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one. State aid is less bountiful than it was before. ...a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables. = plentiful ADJ 2. A bountiful area or period of time produces or provides large amounts of something, especially food. The land is bountiful and no one starves. = rich ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Liberal, munificent, beneficent, generous, princely, bounteous. 2. Abounding, abundant, overflowing, plenteous.

Moby Thesaurus

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