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   Bounty, n.; pl. Bounties . [OE. bounte goodness, kindness, F. bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.]
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   Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]
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   Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.
   Gower.
   
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   Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
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   My bounty is as boundless as the sea.
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   That which is given generously or liberally. “Thy morning bounties.”
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   A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures.
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   Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.] -- Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.
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   Syn. -- Munificence; generosity; beneficence.
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