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Example sentences from the Web for largesseWith the expanded efforts expiring, there was no move in Congress to continue the largesse. Food Stamp Cuts Add to Walmart’s Troubles|Daniel Gross|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST American weapons, troops, and largesse could never bestow legitimacy on a corrupt and incompetent Saigon regime. General Giap and the Myth of American Invincibility|James A. Warren|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST For the first time since Chávez launched his revolution, however, that largesse can no longer be taken for granted. After the Presidential Election, a Tough Road for Hugo Chávez|Mac Margolis|October 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST The King Memorial has been created through the largesse of a host of corporate donors—from Disney and Boeing to the NBA and BP. The MLK Memorial’s Fashion Moment|Robin Givhan|August 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The New Deal was the launching pad for the Washington largesse as we know it today. Rick Perry on the Record|Andrew Romano|August 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST It is from the old French largesse; but the idea admits of number, and accordingly we find the plural, largesses, still in use. Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr. There was a brilliant full moon, showering its largesse over the hills. The Cricket|Marjorie Cooke She could count on the Basine woman among the select who showed their gratitude openly at the largesse of her favor. We quicken with largesse of life, and spring with vivid mystery. Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore The least decrepit of the beggars, armed with Helen's largesse of copper coin, had joined them from beneath the portico. The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet
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nounthe generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money the things so bestowed generosity of spirit or attitude Word Origin for largesseC13: from Old French, from large Words nearby largesselarge pudendal lips, larger-than-life, large-scale, large-scale integration, largess, largesse, large white, larghetto, lar gibbon, largish, largo Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to largessefund, philanthropy, endowment, donation, hospitality, kindness, unselfishness, goodness, premium, offering, grant, bonus, relief, tip, benefit, award, souvenir, subsidy, favor, legacy |