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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUNIF'ICENT, a. Liberal in giving or bestowing; generous; as a munificent benefactor or patron.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: back-formation from munificence, from Latin munificentia, from munificus generous, from munus service, gift — more at mean Date: 1581 1. very liberal in giving or bestowing ; lavish 2. characterized by great liberality or generosity Synonyms: see liberal • munificence noun • munificently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of a giver or a gift) splendidly generous, bountiful. Derivatives: munificence n. munificently adv. Etymology: L munificent-, var. stem of munificus f. munus gift

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Munificent Mu*nif"i*cent, a. [L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy.] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A munificent person is very generous. (FORMAL) ...one of the country's most munificent artistic benefactors. ...a munificent donation. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Liberal, bountiful, generous, bounteous, beneficent, princely, free, free-hearted.

Moby Thesaurus

bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, open, openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting