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plenties |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl {Plenties}, in --Shak. [OE. plentee plente, OF plent['e], fr L. plenitas, fr plenus full. See {Full}, a., and cf {Complete}.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants abundance; copiousness. ``Plenty of corn and wine.'' --Gen. xxvii. 28. ``Promises Britain peace and plenty.'' --Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee --Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson. Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}.
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