KJV Dictionary - lavish
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LAVISH
LAV'ISH, a. I know not from what source we have received this word. It coincides in elements with L. liber, free, liberal, and lavo, to wash.
1. Prodigal; expending or bestowing with profusion; profuse. He was lavish of expense; lavish of praise; lavish of encomiums; lavish of censure; lavish of blood and treasure.
2. Wasteful; expending without necessity; liberal to a fault.
3. Wild; unrestrained.
Curbing his lavish spirit.
LAV'ISH, v.t.
1. To expend or bestow with profusion; as, to lavish praise or encomiums.
2. To waste; to expend without necessity or use; to squander; as, to lavish money on vices and amusements.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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