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   Ample (), a. [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
   
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   All the people in that ample house
   
   Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.
   
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   2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, “an ample fortune; ample justice.”
   
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   3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, “an ample narrative”.  Johnson.
   
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   Syn. -- Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent.  -- Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, “ample stores or resources, ample provision”. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, “a copious supply of materials”. “Copious matter of my song.” Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.
   
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