uberty

Definition

Fertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.

Etymology

From Middle French uberté, from Latin ūbertās, from ūber.

Example Sentences

• "'And yiff a tre with frut be ovirlade'/In his epistles he seith, as ye may see,/'Both braunche and bough wol enclyne and fade,/And greyne oppressith to moche vberte:/Right so it farith of fals felicite,/That of his weighte mesure doth exceede/Than of a fal gretly is to dreede'."
• "to this day they yet enjoy that naturall ubertie and fruitfulnesse, which without labouring toyle, doth in such plenteous abundance furnish them with all necessary things […]."
• "But it does not contribute to the uberty of reasoning, which far more calls for solicitous care."