ampleadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈampl/, U.S.

/ˈæmp(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English empler (comparative), late Middle English– ample, 1500s ampell; also Scottish pre-1700 ampill.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ample; Latin amplus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French ample, Middle French emple (French ample) of large extent, area, capacity, or space (11th cent. in Old French), (of an immaterial thing) large in extent or amount (c1120), (of writing or speech) dealing with matters in great detail (beginning of the 15th cent. or earlier), abundant, plentiful, full, complete (early 15th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin amplus large, big, spacious, abundant, (of orators or their speech) impressive by reason of copiousness; of unknown origin.Compare Old Occitan ample (13th cent.), Catalan ample (13th cent.), Spanish amplo (c1200), Portuguese amplo (1656; 12th cent. as †anpro ), Italian ampio (second half of the 13th cent.). With the use as adverb compare earlier amply adv., and also similar adverbial uses of Anglo-Norman and Middle French ample (1160 in Anglo-Norman, subsequently in late 14th cent. in continental French), Italian ampio (a1321).

A. adj.

1. Of an immaterial thing: large in extent or amount, extensive, far-reaching. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

1437 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 16 (MED) The King wol þat he have as large & ample power as þe Duc of York had.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiii. sig. c. 8^v Ther is ynough here of tofore made ample mencion.

1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis sig. Bi^v The ambassadours..vpon pretence to send for a more ample and large commission..obteined a delay.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 403 He has his health, and ampler strength indeede Then most haue of his age.

1670 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Tracts (1727) 673 The good man..leaves an ample progeny of just and charitable actions which generate when he is dead.

1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 12 A very ample and very pleasing Subject for History.

1901 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews Apr. 435/1 His scholarship was ample, and his sympathies were broad.

1980 P. Dunne Take Two xxviii. 292 Wald matched an ample body with an ample mind.

a. Generous, unstinting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > liberal or unstinted in quantity

sparelessa1400

liberalc1405

ample1447

unstinted1480

superaboundinga1513

rich1561

handsome1577

free1635

unstraitened1665

unmeasured out1667

generous1720

usurious1780

stintless1844

showering1892

1447 in J. B. Mullinger Univ. Cambr. from Earliest Times to 1535 (1873) I. 314 (MED) And of youre more ample grace to graunte that all privileges..may stonde.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xix. 119 Our Lorde procedeth in raccomptynge muche more ample rewardes.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme Ep. Ded. sig. ***4^v Those ample Fortunes that Divine Providence has bestow'd upon you.

1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 58 With ample Blessings still reward The Labour of your Love.

1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 83 Till He with ampler grace their youthful hearts endow.

1922 Country Life May 51/2 How shall I describe the ample hospitality that met me: the welcome, the kindliness?

2000 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Apr. She still had an ample hand with ginger, pimentos and mace.

b. Large or extensive enough to satisfy all demands or suit a particular purpose; more than sufficient; plentiful, abundant. Also: full, complete.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]

goodeOE

broadOE

fullOE

large?c1225

rifec1225

fulsomea1325

abundanta1382

plenteousa1382

copiousc1384

plentifula1400

ranka1400

aboundc1425

affluentc1425

aboundable?1440

seedy1440

manyfulc1450

ample1472

olda1500

richa1500

flowing1526

fertilent1535

wallingc1540

copy1546

abounding1560

fat1563

numbrous1566

good, great store1569

round1592

redundant1594

fruitful1604

cornucopian1609

much1609

plenty?a1610

pukka1619

redundant1621

uberant1622

swelling1628

uberous1633

numerousa1635

superfluent1648

full tide1649

lucky1649

redounding1667

numerose1692

bumper1836

prolific1890

proliferous1915

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §52. m. 10 Your seid suppliant and his heires..enherit all maner of possessions..in as ample and large wise, as the same Richard shuld have doon.

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth lxvii. f. lxxxvi For more ample ostentacion of his glorie..al the elyphantes, armour, iewels, treasur, and rychesse..were led and borne before hym.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. v. sig. K^v Now murder shall receiue his ample merite.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xli. 114 Ample justice has been done.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara vi. 66 The ample provision of meat, bread and vegetables.

1919 Electr. World 3 May 915/1 Deliveries are good and jobbers' stocks are ample to care for immediate needs.

1988 F. M. L. Thompson Rise Respectable Society v. 165 The house was ample for the many visitors who came to see Bourneville.

2011 Time Out N.Y. 24 Mar. 17/3 Communal wood tables..provide ample opportunity to chat up strangers.

3. With reference to writing or speech: dealing with matters in great detail; comprehensive, copious, extensive. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective]

large?c1400

ample1447

copiousc1450

exuberous1651

exuberant1654

voluminous1672

fuse1724

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 7399 (MED) To þe blynd..guyde She was by empler informacyoun.

c1475 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 517 Yf in this were eny grounde of reysone, I wold in more ample wyse answhere to hit.

1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Index sig. h.v^v A very ample and necessarye Index or register, drawne after the Alphabet.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 67 An ampler description, to satisfie..the curiosity of the Reader.

1785 G. Crabbe News-paper 20 That ample list the Tyburn-herald gives.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 179 The subject..well deserves more ample treatment.

1921 Atlantic Monthly July 28 (advt.) The ornithological name of each bird is given in the ample notes which accompany the various chapters.

1996 J. Emigh Masked Performance i. 20 This performance deserves a more ample description.

4. Of large capacity or volume; roomy, spacious. Also in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > roomy

roomeOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

ample1483

commodious1540

roomy1549

roomthy1578

roomsome1581

roomful1588

roomthsome1599

spacy1602

amplitudinous1904

spaceful1906

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxi^v/2 And many myracles were ther shewed, soo that they..made the chirche more ample and large.

?1505 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. H.i This castell, ample, and spacyous.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvii. 13 Now and then an ample teare trild downe Her delicate cheeke.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 10 To Agamemnon's ample Tent repair.

1814 R. Southey Roderick iii. 35 Where Minho roll'd its ampler stream.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) v. 170 A high patriotic fervour kindling and filling each true and ample heart.

1922 W. Le Queux Gay Triangle vii. 207 Jules had concealed in the ample pockets of his villainous clothing, a tiny but delicate wireless apparatus.

2006 M. Sims Carreta Pintada vii. 136 Between the museum garden and the store is an ample workshop illuminated by natural light.

†a. Esp. of an action: encompassing a large area; having a wide range. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > of the wide range of an action

ample1485

free-ranging1879

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. lij/1 To gyue hym bataylle more ample & large.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. To Rdr. sig. **2^v The ignorant..hereof, whose reach hath not byn so ample as others.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 226 There wee'l sit, (Ruling in large and ample Emperie).

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. l. 1020 The tow'ring Ajax, with an ample Stride, Advanc'd the first; and thus the Chief defy'd.

1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 115 At one ample swoop.

b. Of a territory, land, etc.: extending over a large area; broad, wide, extensive.Recorded earliest in figurative context.In later use influenced by sense A. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

main1548

overreaching1579

widespread1582

spacious1587

wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. Prol. f. i The whiche doctryne..shall shewe waye ryght ample & large to theim that woll walke therin.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 195^v A domynion of muche more large & ample circuite then y^e same which he was Lorde of before.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 75 This ample third of our faire kingdome.

1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 12 Lost in ample Fields of shining Day, Unable to discern the Way.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 30 The depths of some ample and ancient forest.

1905 A. Geikie Landscape in Hist. i. 25 The original Celtic people, restricted to less ample territories and less fertile land, have..retained the holdings and habits of their ancestors.

1974 S. Beckett Mercier & Camier viii. 120 The houses grew fewer, the street broader, the sky more ample.

2010 A. Al-Hasani in B. Josephi Journalism Educ. in Countries of Limited Freedom v. 112 By the end of the 18th century, Oman controlled an ample empire that included parts of East Africa.

6. With reference to a person's body or part of the body: of large proportions. In later use also: (euphemistic) plump; corpulent, fat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]

stalworthc1175

thicka1250

stubblea1300

quarryc1300

stalworthyc1300

stoura1350

sturdyc1386

buirdlya1400

squarec1430

couragec1440

craskc1440

substantialc1460

ample1485

stalwart1508

puddinga1540

full-bodied1588

robust1666

two-handed1687

swankinga1704

strapping1707

broad-set1708

thick-set1724

throddy?1748

thick-bodied1752

broad-built1771

junky1825

swankie1838

stodgy1854

wide-bodied1854

beefish1882

hunky1911

buff1982

buffed1986

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. biiij^v/1 Of body he was moche ample & boystous.

1593 in R. S. Phœnix Nest 100 Hir ample Chest, an heauenly plot of ground.

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 65 His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphear'd Of fierie chrimsine.

1800 W. Cliffton Poems 9 Who e'er rejects, whatever ills oppose, Still cull a statesman by his ample nose.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 July (Style section) g1 Amira danced, undulating her rather ample body around the stage.

2003 T. Goodkind Naked Empire xix. 189 The neckline plunged down to reveal ample cleavage.

†B. adv.

= amply adv. (in various senses). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively

substantiallya1425

ample1481

amply1481

greatly1579

supernaculum1599

spaciously1608

extensively1736

largely1785

wholesalely1843

fatly1866

majorly1929

1481 W. Caxton in tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) Prohemye sig. 1.2^v But this book reduced in Englyssh tongue, is more ample expowned and more swetter to the reder kepyng the Iuste sentence of the latyn.

1548 A. Gordon Let. 25 Apr. in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) clxii. 229 I knaw your grace is ampill anewcht advertist quhow [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 127 You see my Lord, how ample y'are belou'd.

1654 R. Aylett Divine & Moral Speculations 202 Her Beams more ample do extend, To all the Nations of the earth she light doth lend.

Compounds

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has an ample ——’, as in ample-eyed, ample-bodied, ample-bosomed, etc.

ΚΠ

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 58 Apollo's ample-foreheaded [Gk. εὐρυμετώπους] herd.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 677 Him answered then the goddess ample-eyed [Gk. βοῶπις].

1844 H. Miller in W. K. Leask Life (1896) iv. 109 Encased in his ample-skirted storm-jacket of oiled canvas.

1896 Woman's Missionary Friend Nov. 127/1 God bless all founders of the WFMS, from the ample-minded woman who leads the thousands, to the humblest endeavorer.

1919 Boys' Life July 62/2 The ample-waisted master of ceremonies in his high silk hat.

2003 Weekly World News 7 Aug. 22 She's the most reliable source for ample-bosomed women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ample
释义	ampleadj.adv. Brit. /ˈampl/, U.S. /ˈæmp(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English empler (comparative), late Middle English– ample, 1500s ampell; also Scottish pre-1700 ampill. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ample; Latin amplus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French ample, Middle French emple (French ample) of large extent, area, capacity, or space (11th cent. in Old French), (of an immaterial thing) large in extent or amount (c1120), (of writing or speech) dealing with matters in great detail (beginning of the 15th cent. or earlier), abundant, plentiful, full, complete (early 15th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin amplus large, big, spacious, abundant, (of orators or their speech) impressive by reason of copiousness; of unknown origin.Compare Old Occitan ample (13th cent.), Catalan ample (13th cent.), Spanish amplo (c1200), Portuguese amplo (1656; 12th cent. as †anpro ), Italian ampio (second half of the 13th cent.). With the use as adverb compare earlier amply adv., and also similar adverbial uses of Anglo-Norman and Middle French ample (1160 in Anglo-Norman, subsequently in late 14th cent. in continental French), Italian ampio (a1321). A. adj. 1. Of an immaterial thing: large in extent or amount, extensive, far-reaching. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 1437 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 16 (MED) The King wol þat he have as large & ample power as þe Duc of York had. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiii. sig. c. 8^v Ther is ynough here of tofore made ample mencion. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis sig. Bi^v The ambassadours..vpon pretence to send for a more ample and large commission..obteined a delay. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 403 He has his health, and ampler strength indeede Then most haue of his age. View more context for this quotation 1670 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Tracts (1727) 673 The good man..leaves an ample progeny of just and charitable actions which generate when he is dead. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 12 A very ample and very pleasing Subject for History. 1901 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews Apr. 435/1 His scholarship was ample, and his sympathies were broad. 1980 P. Dunne Take Two xxviii. 292 Wald matched an ample body with an ample mind. 2. a. Generous, unstinting. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > liberal or unstinted in quantity sparelessa1400 liberalc1405 ample1447 unstinted1480 superaboundinga1513 rich1561 handsome1577 free1635 unstraitened1665 unmeasured out1667 generous1720 usurious1780 stintless1844 showering1892 1447 in J. B. Mullinger Univ. Cambr. from Earliest Times to 1535 (1873) I. 314 (MED) And of youre more ample grace to graunte that all privileges..may stonde. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xix. 119 Our Lorde procedeth in raccomptynge muche more ample rewardes. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme Ep. Ded. sig. **4^v Those ample Fortunes that Divine Providence has bestow'd upon you. 1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns* (new ed.) i. 58 With ample Blessings still reward The Labour of your Love. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 83 Till He with ampler grace their youthful hearts endow. 1922 Country Life May 51/2 How shall I describe the ample hospitality that met me: the welcome, the kindliness? 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Apr. She still had an ample hand with ginger, pimentos and mace. b. Large or extensive enough to satisfy all demands or suit a particular purpose; more than sufficient; plentiful, abundant. Also: full, complete.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §52. m. 10 Your seid suppliant and his heires..enherit all maner of possessions..in as ample and large wise, as the same Richard shuld have doon. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth lxvii. f. lxxxvi For more ample ostentacion of his glorie..al the elyphantes, armour, iewels, treasur, and rychesse..were led and borne before hym. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. v. sig. K^v Now murder shall receiue his ample merite. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xli. 114 Ample justice has been done. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara vi. 66 The ample provision of meat, bread and vegetables. 1919 Electr. World 3 May 915/1 Deliveries are good and jobbers' stocks are ample to care for immediate needs. 1988 F. M. L. Thompson Rise Respectable Society v. 165 The house was ample for the many visitors who came to see Bourneville. 2011 Time Out N.Y. 24 Mar. 17/3 Communal wood tables..provide ample opportunity to chat up strangers. 3. With reference to writing or speech: dealing with matters in great detail; comprehensive, copious, extensive. Now rare (in later use passing into sense A. 2b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] large?c1400 ample1447 copiousc1450 exuberous1651 exuberant1654 voluminous1672 fuse1724 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 7399 (MED) To þe blynd..guyde She was by empler informacyoun. c1475 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 517 Yf in this were eny grounde of reysone, I wold in more ample wyse answhere to hit. 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Index sig. h.v^v A very ample and necessarye Index or register, drawne after the Alphabet. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 67 An ampler description, to satisfie..the curiosity of the Reader. 1785 G. Crabbe News-paper 20 That ample list the Tyburn-herald gives. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 179 The subject..well deserves more ample treatment. 1921 Atlantic Monthly July 28 (advt.) The ornithological name of each bird is given in the ample notes which accompany the various chapters. 1996 J. Emigh Masked Performance i. 20 This performance deserves a more ample description. 4. Of large capacity or volume; roomy, spacious. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy roomeOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 ample1483 commodious1540 roomy1549 roomthy1578 roomsome1581 roomful1588 roomthsome1599 spacy1602 amplitudinous1904 spaceful1906 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxi^v/2 And many myracles were ther shewed, soo that they..made the chirche more ample and large. ?1505 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. H.i This castell, ample, and spacyous. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvii. 13 Now and then an ample teare trild downe Her delicate cheeke. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 10 To Agamemnon's ample Tent repair. 1814 R. Southey Roderick iii. 35 Where Minho roll'd its ampler stream. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) v. 170 A high patriotic fervour kindling and filling each true and ample heart. 1922 W. Le Queux Gay Triangle vii. 207 Jules had concealed in the ample pockets of his villainous clothing, a tiny but delicate wireless apparatus. 2006 M. Sims Carreta Pintada vii. 136 Between the museum garden and the store is an ample workshop illuminated by natural light. 5. †a. Esp. of an action: encompassing a large area; having a wide range. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > of the wide range of an action ample1485 free-ranging1879 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. lij/1 To gyue hym bataylle more ample & large. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. To Rdr. sig. *2^v The ignorant..hereof, whose reach hath not byn so ample as others. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V* (1623) i. ii. 226 There wee'l sit, (Ruling in large and ample Emperie). View more context for this quotation 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. l. 1020 The tow'ring Ajax, with an ample Stride, Advanc'd the first; and thus the Chief defy'd. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 115 At one ample swoop. b. Of a territory, land, etc.: extending over a large area; broad, wide, extensive.Recorded earliest in figurative context.In later use influenced by sense A. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. Prol. f. i The whiche doctryne..shall shewe waye ryght ample & large to theim that woll walke therin. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 195^v A domynion of muche more large & ample circuite then y^e same which he was Lorde of before. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 75 This ample third of our faire kingdome. View more context for this quotation 1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 12 Lost in ample Fields of shining Day, Unable to discern the Way. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 30 The depths of some ample and ancient forest. 1905 A. Geikie Landscape in Hist. i. 25 The original Celtic people, restricted to less ample territories and less fertile land, have..retained the holdings and habits of their ancestors. 1974 S. Beckett Mercier & Camier viii. 120 The houses grew fewer, the street broader, the sky more ample. 2010 A. Al-Hasani in B. Josephi Journalism Educ. in Countries of Limited Freedom v. 112 By the end of the 18th century, Oman controlled an ample empire that included parts of East Africa. 6. With reference to a person's body or part of the body: of large proportions. In later use also: (euphemistic) plump; corpulent, fat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] stalworthc1175 thicka1250 stubblea1300 quarryc1300 stalworthyc1300 stoura1350 sturdyc1386 buirdlya1400 squarec1430 couragec1440 craskc1440 substantialc1460 ample1485 stalwart1508 puddinga1540 full-bodied1588 robust1666 two-handed1687 swankinga1704 strapping1707 broad-set1708 thick-set1724 throddy?1748 thick-bodied1752 broad-built1771 junky1825 swankie1838 stodgy1854 wide-bodied1854 beefish1882 hunky1911 buff1982 buffed1986 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. biiij^v/1 Of body he was moche ample & boystous. 1593 in R. S. Phœnix Nest 100 Hir ample Chest, an heauenly plot of ground. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 65 His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphear'd Of fierie chrimsine. 1800 W. Cliffton Poems 9 Who e'er rejects, whatever ills oppose, Still cull a statesman by his ample nose. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 July (Style section) g1 Amira danced, undulating her rather ample body around the stage. 2003 T. Goodkind Naked Empire xix. 189 The neckline plunged down to reveal ample cleavage. †B. adv. = amply adv. (in various senses). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively substantiallya1425 ample1481 amply1481 greatly1579 supernaculum1599 spaciously1608 extensively1736 largely1785 wholesalely1843 fatly1866 majorly1929 1481 W. Caxton in tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) Prohemye sig. 1.2^v But this book reduced in Englyssh tongue, is more ample expowned and more swetter to the reder kepyng the Iuste sentence of the latyn. 1548 A. Gordon Let. 25 Apr. in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) clxii. 229 I knaw your grace is ampill anewcht advertist quhow [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 127 You see my Lord, how ample y'are belou'd. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Aylett Divine & Moral Speculations 202 Her Beams more ample do extend, To all the Nations of the earth she light doth lend. Compounds Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has an ample ——’, as in ample-eyed, ample-bodied, ample-bosomed, etc. ΚΠ ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 58 Apollo's ample-foreheaded [Gk. εὐρυμετώπους] herd. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 677 Him answered then the goddess ample-eyed [Gk. βοῶπις]. 1844 H. Miller in W. K. Leask Life (1896) iv. 109 Encased in his ample-skirted storm-jacket of oiled canvas. 1896 Woman's Missionary Friend Nov. 127/1 God bless all founders of the WFMS, from the ample-minded woman who leads the thousands, to the humblest endeavorer. 1919 Boys' Life July 62/2 The ample-waisted master of ceremonies in his high silk hat. 2003 Weekly World News 7 Aug. 22 She's the most reliable source for ample-bosomed women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † amplev. Forms: late Middle English ample; Scottish 1500s ampill, 1500s amplit (past participle). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ample adj. Etymology: Apparently < ample adj. Compare earlier amply v. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). transitive. To enlarge, extend, or amplify (something). Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] echeOE ekec1200 multiplya1275 morea1300 increase13.. vaunce1303 enlargec1380 augmenta1400 accrease1402 alargea1425 amply?a1425 great?1440 hainc1440 creasec1475 grow1481 amplea1500 to get upa1500 improve1509 ampliatea1513 auge1542 over1546 amplify1549 raise1583 grand1602 swell1602 magnoperate1610 greaten1613 accresce1626 aggrandize1638 majoratea1651 adauge1657 protend1659 reinforce1660 examplify1677 pluralize1750 to drive up1817 to whoop up1856 to jack up1884 upbuild1890 steepen1909 up1934 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 26 Ther hathe ben whyche haue wythdrawe from theyr owne encrese, there owne synguler encrece, to ample and encrece the comon profyte. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. i. 51 Þare power Is ekit and amplit Ilk day mare and mare [L. auctiorem amplioremque esse]. 1555 Protocol Bk. R. Lumsdane (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 15^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ample, Ampill The appointment..to be ampillit and reformitt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < adj.adv.1437v.a1500
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ampleadj.adv.

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† amplev.