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removing material that is not in fact in the original and may be a joke. I'm incidentally concerned about copyright issues with quoting a defintion like this wholesale
6. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
6. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
7. Archaic Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman.
7. Archaic Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman.
8. Obsolete political system; Morally unrestrained; licentious.
8. Obsolete ; Morally unrestrained; licentious.
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1. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.
1. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.
"liberal." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 22 Feb. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal
"liberal." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 22 Feb. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal