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  1. adjective Liberal in giving or sharing. See Synonyms at liberal.
  2. adjective Characterized by nobility and forbearance in thought or behavior; magnanimous.
  3. adjective Marked by abundance; ample: a generous slice of cake.
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  • The headman is gracious and generous, which is very pleasant compared with awe, awe, and refusing to sell, or stop to speak, or show the way. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • Yet it is impossible that rank could have rescued him from the contempt and detestation in which the generous, and honorable, and the brave could not cease to hold him. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
  • 'Punch' is very generous, and I like him for everything, except for his rough treatment of Louis Philippe, whom I believe to be a great man—for a king. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • 'Blackwood' and 'Tait' have this month both been generous, and the 'New Monthly' and 'Ainsworth's Magazine' did what they could. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • Within my operational parameters I am powerful, generous, and very nearly omniscient. —  Maverick, Isaac Asimov's Robots And Aliens -- Book 5
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  1. French genereux, of noble birth, magnanimous, from Latin generōsus, from genus, gener-, birth; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French generous, genereus, genereux, French généreux = Provencal generos = Spanish Portuguese Italian generoso, generous, from Latin generosus, of noble birth, excellent, generous, from genus (gener-), race, origin: see genus.
 

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