Ăm'ple, a.
a. [Fr. & Pr. ample, Lat. amplus.]
Sense 1. Of large dimensions; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; wide; spacious; extended.
All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.
Sense 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, ample provision; ample justice.
Sense 3. Not contracted or brief; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative, i. e., not an epitome. Johnson.
Synonyms— Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; rich; liberal; munificent.—AMPLE, COPIOUS, ABUNDANT, PLENTEOUS. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want: as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious fountain, a copious supply of materials. “Copious matter for song.” Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores, plenteous harvests.