ubertyn.
/ˈjuːbəti/ Now rare.
Rich growth, fruitfulness, fertility; copiousness, abundance.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [noun] > fruitfulness
fruitfulnessa1398
uberty?a1412
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun]
speedOE
fulsomenesslOE
wonea1300
fulsomeheada1325
cheapc1325
largitya1382
plenteousnessa1382
plenteoustea1382
plentya1382
abundancec1384
affluencec1390
largenessc1400
uberty?a1412
aboundingc1425
fullness1440
copiousness1447
rifenessc1450
copy1484
abundancy?1526
copiosity1543
plentifulness1555
ampleness1566
umberty?1578
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amplitude1605
plentitude1609
plenitude1614
fertility1615
profluence1623
fluency1624
flushness1662
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affluentness1727
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?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 613 Greyne oppressith to moche vberte.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 104 A vine abundaunt ek thow take hem fro, And not hem take that ber a grape or too, But hem that kneleth doun for vberte.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 88 Of pasturyng they must haue vberte, Fro breris fer.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. vii. f. xiv/1 An ydolle whyche somtyme was by prestes & other peple born in processyon for to obteyne vberte & habundance of rayne.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxx. 104 They yet enjoy that naturall vbertie and fruitfulnesse, which..doth in such plenteous aboundance furnish them with all necessary things.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Vbertie, fertility, abundance.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Uberty, plentifulnesse, fertility, store, abundance. [Hence in Phillips etc.]
1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 7/3 So these happy volatile fellows talk on, with a uberty of optimism.
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