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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Full \Full\ (f[.u]l), a. [Compar. {Fuller} (f[.u]l"[~e]r);
     superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol,
     OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth.
     fulls, L. plenus, Gr. plh`rhs, Skr. p[=u][.r]na full, pr[=a]
     to fill, also to Gr. poly`s much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel,
     AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary},


     {Plenty}.]
     1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can
        contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily
        of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup
        full of water; a house full of people.
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              Had the throne been full, their meeting would not
              have been regular.                    --Blackstone.
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     2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity,
        quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate;
        as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full
        compensation; a house full of furniture.
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     3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire;
        perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full
        age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
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              It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that
              Pharaoh
              dreamed.                              --Gen. xii. 1.
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              The man commands
              Like a full soldier.                  --Shak.
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              I can not
              Request a fuller satisfaction
              Than you have freely granted.         --Ford.
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     4. Sated; surfeited.
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              I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i.
                                                    11.
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     5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;
        stored with information.
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              Reading maketh a full man.            --Bacon.
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     6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any
        matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as,
        to be full of some project.
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              Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths
              on decayed and weak constitutions.    --Locke.
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     7. Filled with emotions.
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              The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
                                                    --Lowell.
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     8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
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              Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars.   --Dryden.
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     {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak.
  
     {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal
        rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the
        age of 21 years. --Abbott.
  
     {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the
        sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
  
     {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are
        employed.
  
     {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of
        leather, as distinguished from half binding.
  
     {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
  
     {Full brother} or {Full sister}, a brother or sister having
        the same parents as another.
  
     {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that
        have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
  
     {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by
        etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
  
     {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.
  
     {Full moon}.
        (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when
            opposite to the sun.
        (b) The time when the moon is full.
  
     {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are
        out.
  
     {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for
        voices and instruments are given.
  
     {Full sea}, high water.
  
     {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving
        corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its
        own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
  
     {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out
        in words, and not indicated by figures.
  
     {In full blast}. See under {Blast}.
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