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Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

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  1. a. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  2. a. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  3. v. t. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  4. adj. very generous
  5. adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion
  6. v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
  7. 1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise. 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak. Syn. -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  8. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; tosquander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  9. j:76/v:24 v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns s. very generous s. characterized by extravagance and profusion