lavish
    adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand";
           "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
           gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother
           a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal
           praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted
           devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn:
           lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous,
           unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
    2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
       buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan,
       lush, plush, plushy]
    v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was
         showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]

Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
   out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
   1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
      lavish of money; lavish of praise.
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   2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
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            Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.

   Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
        immoderate. See Profuse.
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Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished (-[i^]sht); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
   To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
   to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
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