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† ˈspareful, a. Obs.
[f. spare n.1 or v.1]
Sparing, frugal.
1565Stapleton tr. Bede's Hist. Ch. Eng. 107 How spare⁓full personnes he and his predecessours were,..euen the place, where he bare rule, did witnesse. 1599Life More in C. Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 112 She was also spare⁓full, and somewhat given to niggardliness. 1600Fairfax Tasso iv. xxx, Her sparefull eie to spread his beames denaies.
Hence † ˈsparefully adv.; † ˈsparefulness.
1570Jewel View Seditious Bull (1582) 53 They labour truely, they liue sparefully. a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 214 Largesse his hands could neuer skill of sparefulnesse. 1618Ryves in Camden's Lett. (1691) 236 We know how sparefully S. Augustine speaketh of them in his books De civitate Dei. |