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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bounteous
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The Second Battle of Niagara Our dreams exceeding by thy bounteous spray.
▪ When properly cultivated and controlled by men, the earth by her nature yields a bounteous harvest.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bounteous

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. [1913 Webster] -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bounteous

late 14c., from bounty + -ous; originally "full of goodness," but always shading toward "generous in bestowing," a sense which logically might have been left to bountiful. Related: Bounteously; bounteousness.

Wiktionary
bounteous

a. 1 (context of a person English) inclined to be generous. 2 (context of a gift, etc. English) liberal or abundant.

WordNet
bounteous

adj. 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, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]

Usage examples of "bounteous".

The sun pours upon it his light with as large a hand, the herbage, the flowers and the fruits as fully partake of the bounteous care of nature, as the vales of simplicity and the fields of innocence.

The seasons consist of two bright springs, two sweet summers and two golden autumns of bounteous harvest.

The crops of that Flaminia province had just been harvested at the time Odoacer retreated into his stronghold, so he certainly took in with him a bounteous stock of fresh provender.

That is why I gradually have come to accept the sedate pleasures of convivial company around a bounteous table in place of the more frivolous pleasures of the bedchamber.

This is a bounteous characteristic of this wondrous Age which hath granted strength to the weaker sex and hath bestowed masculine might upon womanhood.

Bright and fair shall be the wedding, rich and bounteous be the feast!

The harvest came, bounteous, glorious, but the winds came and blew it into tangles, and the rain matted it here and there close to the ground, increasing the work of gathering it threefold.

And the broad blue sky and the flaming sun were bent on participating in it also, as well as the whole estate, the streaming springs and the fields in flower, giving promise of bounteous harvests.

Then they rode down to the bounteous plain, and as night fell, having passed the encircling gardens, were escorted through the gates of Damascus, outside of which most of the army halted and encamped.

Boundless is time, bounteous the earth, and great is the family of the devout worshippers of Vish.

I would have travelled a thousand miles for the adventures which a bounteous road that day spilled carelessly into my willing hands.

Faith is not so bounteous a commodity in this world that we can afford to treat even its unfamiliar manifestations with contempt.

Beside, they had been blessed with an especially bounteous harvest this year, and she wished to share her blessing.

It had to carry agricultural implements, heavy machinery, structural steel, pipes and pipe fittings, a bounteous supply of basic chemicals, fertilizers, and explosives.

Nature is bounteous in that region fair, For even winter has her blossoms there.