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Look up: generous

  1. generous
    [adj] - not petty in character and mind 2. [adj] - willing to give and share unstintingly 3. [adj] - more than adequate
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Generous
    Gen'er·ous adjective [ French généreux , from Latin generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, from genus birth, race: confer Italian generoso . See 2d Gender .] 1. Of honorable birth or origin...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/18

  3. generous
    adjective more than adequate; `a generous portion`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Generous
    • (a.) Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. • (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. • (a.) Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. • (a.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. generous
    giving unselfishly, usually large amounts
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini

  6. Generous
    Tasting term which means that the wine is rich, generally high in alcohol (but not hot tasting) and has a full body.
    Found on http://www.edenwines.co.uk/Glossary_g.ht

  7. Generous
    (horse) `Generous` (foaled 1988) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1991 won both Epsom and Irish Derbys. Sired by Caerleon, his grandsire was Nijinsky. From the mare Doff The Derby, Generous` damsire was 1975 Preakness Stakes winner Master Derby who was a son of the 1970 Kentucky Derb...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generous

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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