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uberty Now rare.|ˈjuːbətɪ|
Also 5 vberte, uberte(e; 7 ubertie.
[a. OF. uberté (= It. ubertà, Pg. uberdade), or ad. L. ūbertās, f. ūber: cf. uberous a. and -ty.]
Rich growth, fruitfulness, fertility; copiousness, abundance.
a1412Lydg. Two Merchants 613 Greyne oppressith to moche vberte. c1440Pallad. 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. Ibid. viii. 88 Of pasturyng they must haue vberte, Fro breris fer. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. vii. 11 b/1 An ydolle, whyche somtyme was by prestes & other peple born in processyon for to obteyne uberte & habundaunce of rayne. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xxx. (1632) 104 They yet enjoy that naturall ubertie and fruitfulnesse, which..doth in such plenteous aboundance furnish them with all necessary things. 1623Cockeram, Vbertie, fertility, abundance. [Hence in Blount, Phillips, etc.] 1900Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 7/3 So these happy volatile fellows talk on, with a uberty of optimism. |