large (for S. uses other than those given below the mod. synonyms would for the most part be ‘extensive,’ ‘far-reaching,’ or ‘wide,’ rather than ‘great,’ ‘big’)
1.
liberal, generous,
bountiful, lavish
2H6 I. i. 112
“whose large style
Agrees not with the leanness of his
purse,”
IV. vii. 76,
Lr. I. i. 54
“our largest
bounty.”
2.
pompous
Lr. I. i. 187
“your large
speeches.”
3.
free, unrestrained
Mac. III. iv. 11
“Be in mirth”
; (in a bad sense) licentious, gross Ado II. iii. 217 [206] “
jests,”
IV. i. 52, Rom. II. iv. 105 (with
play on the literal sense),
Ant. III. vi. 93
“large In his
abominations.”
4.
as sb.
John II. i. 101
“This little abstract
doth contain that large Which died in
Geffrey.”
5.
at large, (i) in full size
AYL. V. iv. 176
“A land itself at ,”
Troil. I. iii. 346
“The baby figure of the
giant mass Of things to come at ”
; (ii) at length, in full, fully
Gent. III. ii. 61
“you with Silvia may
confer at ,”
MND. V. i. 153
“At
discourse,”
H5 I. i. 78
“Which I have open'd to
his Grace at ,”
1H6 I. i. 109; (iii) as
a whole, in general, altogether LLL. I. i. 154,
H5 II. iv. 121
“in grant of all demands
at large.”
