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reˈsourceful, a.
[f. prec. + -ful.]
1. Full of resource; fertile in expedient.
1851D. G. Mitchell Fresh Glean. 67 What is five francs a day to a man of such resourceful spirit? 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi x. (1869) 389 His distinguishing intellectual endowment is to be..resourceful, elastic, versatile. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 12 She was a strong-willed, resourceful woman.
2. Rich or abounding in resources.
1880Sir R. Temple India in 1880, 95 The Government, again, finding the money market in London so conveniently resourceful, resorted to it. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. v. xcvi. III. 346 The economical conditions of a new and resourceful country, with an abundance of unoccupied land and mineral wealth.
Hence reˈsourcefulness.
1869Farrar Fam. Speech i. (1873) 35 With all our energy and resourcefulness. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 942 Experiments characterized by a sagacity, a resourcefulness, and a perseverance rarely excelled. |