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ing a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies. " Liberal education." Macaulay. " A liberal tongue." Shak.

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

A liberal.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.

The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity. That liberality is but cast away Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. Denham.

The act of liberalizing.

To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.

One who, or that which, liberalizes. Emerson.

In a liberal manner.

Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.

Illiberality. [R.]

The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness. Bacon.

To make illiberal.

In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

Too liberal.

In an overliberal manner.

Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.]

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.