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   Wealth (?), n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury.  See Weal prosperity.]
   
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   1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.  [Obs.] “Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.”  1 Cor. x. 24.
   
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   2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
   
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   I have little wealth to lose. Shak.
   
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   Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. Dryden.
   
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   Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. F. A. Walker.
   
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   3. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all property which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c)  Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient; in this sense, specifically called personal wealth.
   
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   Active wealth. See under Active.
   
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   Syn. -- Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
   
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