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Definition of Foison

1. n. Rich harvest; plenty; abundance.

Definition of Foison

1. strength [n -S] - See also: strength

Medical Definition of Foison

1. Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. " That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison." (Shak) Origin: F. Foison, fr. L. Fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Foison

foil foil foilable foiled foiling foilings foils foilsman foilsmen foin

foin foined foining foins foison (current term) foison (current term) foisons foist foisted foister

foisters foisting foists foist off Foix-Alajouanine myelitis Foix-Alajouanine syndrome Foix-Cavany-Marie syndrome Fokker-Planck equation folacin folacin

Literary usage of Foison

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1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... affluence, fullness, repletion, free- ness, luxuriance, opulence, wealth, richness, prodigality, generosity, foison ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"verb; the latter of which is E. Fizz, qv foison, plenty, abundance. (F..-L.) Obsolete; but in Shak. Temp. ii. 1.163; Chaucer, CT 4924. ..."

3. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"Spirit of beauty ! at whose soft command The sunbeams and tbe showers distil it* foison From the Earth's bosom chill ; 0 bid those beams be each a blinding ..."

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