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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[From

Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose;

as, a

plenteous

supply

“Reaping plenteous crop.”

Milton.

Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.

“The seven plenteous years.”

Gen. xli. 34.

Having plenty; abounding; rich.

The Lord shall make thee

plenteous

in goods.

Deut. xxviii. 11.

Syn. – Plentiful; copious; full.

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Plen′te-ous-ly

adv.

–

Plen′te-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[from plenty.] Abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop.

Yielding abundance; as a plenteous fountain.

The seven plenteous years. Gen.41.

Having an abundance.

The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. Deut.28.

Possessing in abundance and ready to bestow liberally.

Ps.86.

[This word is less used than plentiful.]