Definition for FULL

FULL, adv.

  1. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution. The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden.
  2. With the whole effect. The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.
  3. Exactly. Full in the center of the sacred wood. Addison.
  4. Directly; as, he looked him full in the face. It is placed before adjectives and adverbs to highten or strengthen their signification; as, full sad. Milton. Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Mark vii. Full is prefixed to other words, chiefly participles, to express utmost extent or degree.

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