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munificent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, a. [L. munificus munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make Cf {Immunity}, {-fy}.] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as a munificent benefactor. -- {Mu*nif"i*cent*ly}, adv Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: munificent adj : very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: {lavish}, {overgenerous}, {prodigal}, {too-generous}, {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]
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