plenteousness

  • 11plentitude — noun a full supply there was plenty of food for everyone • Syn: ↑plenty, ↑plentifulness, ↑plenteousness, ↑plenitude • Derivationally related forms: ↑plenteous (for: ↑ …

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  • 12Abundance — A*bun dance ([.a]*b[u^]n dans), n. [OE. (h)abundaunce, abundance, F. abondance, L. abundantia, fr. abundare. See {Abound}.] An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: strictly… …

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  • 13commonality — commonalty com mon*al*ty, commonality com mon*al i*ty, n.; pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt[ e]; F. communaut[ e], fr. communal. See {Communal}.] 1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility;… …

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  • 14Commonalties — commonalty com mon*al*ty, commonality com mon*al i*ty, n.; pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt[ e]; F. communaut[ e], fr. communal. See {Communal}.] 1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility;… …

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  • 15commonalty — com mon*al*ty, commonality com mon*al i*ty, n.; pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt[ e]; F. communaut[ e], fr. communal. See {Communal}.] 1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons …

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  • 16Tend — Tend, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one s course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend, {Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt}, {Tender} to… …

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  • 17plenteous — adjective Etymology: Middle English plentevous, plenteous, from Anglo French plentivus, from plentif abundant, from plenté plenty Date: 14th century 1. fruitful, productive < a plenteous harvest J. G. Frazer > usually used with in or of < the&#8230; …

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  • 18abundance — /euh bun deuhns/, n. 1. an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply: an abundance of grain. 2. overflowing fullness: abundance of the heart. 3. affluence; wealth: the enjoyment of abundance. 4. Physics, Chem. the number of atoms&#8230; …

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  • 19plenteous — plenteously, adv. plenteousness, n. /plen tee euhs/, adj. 1. plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food. 2. yielding abundantly; fruitful: a plenteous harvest. [1250 1300; ME plenteus (see PLENTY, OUS); r. ME plentivous < OF&#8230; …

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  • 20plenty — /plen tee/, n., pl. plenties, adj., adv. n. 1. a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time. 2. the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance: resources in plenty. 3. an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such&#8230; …

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