i Register
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adj
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
lavish of money; lavish of praise
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
Superabundant; excessive.
lavish spirits
lavish meal
Unrestrained, impetuous.
Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thine
Rank or lush with vegetation.
[…] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]
verb
To give out extremely generously; to squander.
They lavished money on the dinner.
To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
They lavished him with praise.
noun
Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.