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English Dictionary: munificent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
munificent
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
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.
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