Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ample \Am"ple\, a. [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full
   on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See
   {Full}, and cf. {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.

   Syn: Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant;
        plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal;
        munificent.

   Usage: {Ample}, {Copious}, {Abundant}, {Plenteous}. These
          words agree in representing a thing as large, but
          under different relations, according to the image
          which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a
          sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as,
          ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious
          carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at
          a single point; as, a copious supply of materials.
          ``Copious matter of my song.'' --Milton. Abundant and
          plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant
          stores; plenteous harvests.

Source : WordNet®

ample
     adj 1: more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample
            food for the party"; "an ample supply" [ant: {meager}]
     2: affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the
        party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a
        plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: {copious},
         {plenteous}, {plentiful}, {rich}]
     3: fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of
        ample proportions" [syn: {sizable}, {sizeable}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

AMPLE
     
         A {FORTH}-like language for programming the
        500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the {BBC
        Microcomputer}.  AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies,
        Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s.  Many AMPLE programs were
        published in Acorn User magazine.
     
        (1995-11-01)