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Webster 1913 Edition

Wealthy

Wealth′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wealthier
;
sup
erl.
Wealthiest
.]
1.
Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
A
wealthy
Hebrew of my tribe.
Shakespeare
Thou broughtest us out into a
wealthy
place.
Ps. lxvi. 12.
2.
Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.
[R.]
The
wealthy
witness of my pen.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wealthy

WEALTHY

,
Adj.
Rich; having large possessions in lands, goods, money or securities, or larger than the generality of men; opulent; affluent. As wealth is a comparative thing, a man may be wealthy in one place, and not so in another. A man may be deemed wealthy in a village, who would not be so considered in London.

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