largesse

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.

   “But vvhere the Plea of the Receivers is equal, and yet the Diſpenſation of the Benefits vaſtly unequal, there Men are taught that the thing received is Grace; and that they have no claim to it, but the courteſy of the Diſpenſer, and the largeſs of Heaven; vvhich cannot be queſtion'd, […]”

2. isim Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.

   “In such case, certainly I would accept / Your bounty: better I than alien hearts / Should execute your planned benevolence / To man, your proposed largess to the Church.”

3. isim Money, etc., given in this way.

   “[F]or our coffers vvith too great a court, / And liberall larges are grovven ſomevvhat light, / VVe are inforſt to farm our royall Realme, / The reuenevv vvhereof ſhall furniſh vs, / For our affaires in hand […]”

4. isim Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.

   “The man to ſolitude accuſtomed long, / Perceives in every thing that lives a tongue; / […] / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the largeſs of the skies; […]”

5. isim Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act.
6. isim An act of donating or giving generously.

   “So theſe loſing the true glory of virtue vvhich every one ought to have, flie to that vvhich depends upon complaiſance vvith others, courting vulgar applauſe vvith Largeſſes and feaſts.”

7. isim A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.

   “Giue gloues to thy reapers, a larges to crie, / And dailie to loiterers haue a good eie.”