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manful, a.|ˈmænfʊl|
Also 4 monful, 5 man(n)fulle, 5–7 manfull.
[f. man n.1 + -ful.]
1. Characterized by manly courage and resolution; brave, resolute.
a1300–1400Cursor M. 8306 (Gött.) Werrour art þu, man⁓ful wight, And many man slayn wid þi hand. 1399Langl. Rich. Redeles iii. 103 They mornyd ffor the morthir of manffull knyȝtis. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 170 Sum men hym callyth a corageous man, or a manful man. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 412 The inhabitauntes of it manfull and liberall. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 36 A stoute and manful minde. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres iv. 76 They were inforced after twelve dayes manfull defence to surrender themselves upon discretion. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvii. iii. (1872) VII. 27 Blakeney and Garrison stood to their guns in a manful manner. 1879Morley Burke 189 A manful attempt was made to get the new constitution to work in the winter of 1791–92. 1891Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 18 The manful good sense which seems naturally to accompany a manly tenderness of nature.
†2. In occasional uses.
a. Stately in appearance.
b. Befitting a man, manly. Obs.
1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 78 b, Thomas was as manfull in his araye, for he was clothed in y⊇ best and rychest clothe. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vii. ii. §15 [He] being shooting at Butts, (a manfull, and healthfull Pastime..).
†3. Comb.: manful-hardy a., brave (hence manful-hardiness). Obs.
c1430Lydg. Compl. Bl. Knt. 417 Sheding of blode, ne man⁓ful hardinesse. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 15 Such as be manful hardye [orig. fortes]. Ibid. Pref. **ii, Concernyng mannefull hardynesse [orig. fortitudinem]. |