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Definition of Lavished
1. lavish [v] - See also: lavish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavished
Literary usage of Lavished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sobriquets and Nicknames by Albert Romer Frey (1887)
"Although Edward lavished upon her both honors and riches, yet at his death she
stole his jewels, taking even the rings from his fingers. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"That so precious an advantage might not be lavished upon unworthy objects, the
Creator liad intrusted to the skill and power of the inferior gods the office ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... and lavished upon him such extravagant encomiums,—his surprisal, with a large
force, of General Lee, unguarded, several miles distant from his army, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... an indispensable adjunct to any ecclesiastical foundation, on the formation
of which the monks lavished extreme care and pains, and which often remain ..."
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