Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ample

Ample ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[French ample, Latin amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to Latin plenus full. See Full, and compare Double.]

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. — Spenser
2.
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
3.
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. — Johnson