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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Boun'-te-oüs, a.

adjective

(66), a. [O. Eng. bountevous, Norm. Fr. bountenouse. See BOUNTY.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generous; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts. But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper.