Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frolic; sport; dally; wanton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.
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- verb intransitive To be
wanton ; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It would, if let alone, lash out, and wantonize in a boundless enjoyment and gratification of all its appetites and inclinations.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
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Spirit blowing upon their hearts, they are apt to conclude, that God will still wait their leisure, that these motions will be perpetual, and that therefore they may take their own time to accept of those terms, that they suppose will be always offered: and consequently they will venture to swear once more, to wantonize once again, to take another sip or two of the cup of intemperance, till the Spirit departs of a sudden, and leaves them in a state of irrecoverable hardness and perdition.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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