Ampithoe (ampithoe)

See Amphithoë. ample (am'pl), a. [ All the people in that ample hous Did to that image bowe their humble knee. 1. Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 49. Of deeper too and ampler floods, Which, as in mirrors, shew'd the woods. Dryden, To Mrs. Anne Kill i grew, 1. 112. Her waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. O. W. Holmes, My Aunt. 2. Large in kind or degree; having full scope or extent; copious; unrestricted; unrestrained: as, an ample narrative; to give ample praise, or do ample justice. Were I alone to pa the difficulties, And had as ample power as I have will. 187