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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Houses of office stuffed with plentee. --Chaucer.
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The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the
world. --Thomson.
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Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See {Abundance}.
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