He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from

Bacon.

-- Plen"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Plen"ti*ful*ness, n.

Plen"ty (?), n.; pl. Plenties (#), in Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF.

plentÈ, 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.

Houses of office stuffed with plentee.

Chaucer.

The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world.

Thomson.

Syn. -- Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.

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