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▪ I. lavishing, vbl. n.|ˈlævɪʃɪŋ|
[f. lavish v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. lavish.
1573Baret Alv. L 127 Lauishing or wastfull ryot. 1581Savile Tacitus, Hist. ii. lxxxii. (1591) 101 A man..firme against these lauishings to souldiers. 1812Examiner 28 Sept. 620/1 These..sacrifices, and lavishings of money, are..to be attempted for not one single good. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. iii. i. (1874) 317 Love without justice is the mere lavishing of a weak affection.
▪ II. lavishing, ppl. a.|ˈlævɪʃɪŋ|
[f. lavish v. + -ing2.]
That lavishes; extravagant; † given to reckless or unrestrained behaviour.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. iv. v. (1622) 95 By reason of his owne lauishing toong. 1659Howell Lex., Prov. Let. of Advice, Be wary of too costly and lavishing a Wife.
Hence ˈlavishingly adv.
a1585Abp. Sandys Serm. xvi. 284 It is the wives dutie..not lauishingly to wast or spoile their goods; but [etc.]. 1688Bunyan Jerus. Sinner Saved (1886) 71 To those that sinned not lavishingly. 1794Hist. in Ann. Reg. 281 It was..a secret why the troops were paid for so lavishingly. |