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† ˈscopeful, a. Obs.
In quots. -full.
[f. scope n.3 + -ful.]
Having or affording large scope.
1598Florio, Ampio, ample, large, scopefull. 1603― Montaigne ii. xii. 315 Giving them that were disposed to mock at him, a pleasant and scopefull occasion to doe it. 1611Cotgr., Ample,..wide, large, scopefull, spacious. a1618Sylvester Posthumi, Sonn. vii. Wks. (Grosart) II. 322/1 Sith round beleaguer'd by rough Neptune's legions Within the straite-nookes of this narrow Ile; The noblest volumes of our vulgar style Cannot escape unto more scopefull Regions. |