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- verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
lavish .
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Examples
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Age, that when the Maghrabi saw the love lavisht upon him by the
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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I lavisht upon her mine heritage, * And spent like a nobleman puissant and grand:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Veil in the blinds of night friendship he lavisht on me.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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Oh, that I knew this Man, whom by mistake I lavisht all the
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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_ You should not be the Man; You have a Mistress, Sir, that has your Heart, and all your softer Hours: I know't, and if I were so wretched as to marry thee, must see my Fortune lavisht out on her; her
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664
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; and walked on before her, whilst she followed me, giving alms as she went and saying to all upon whom she lavisht bounty, “This is an alms for the soul of Azizah, who kept her counsel till she drank the cup of death and never told the secret of her love.”
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; and walked on before her, whilst she followed me, giving alms as she went and saying to all upon whom she lavisht bounty, "This is an alms for the soul of Azizah, who kept her counsel till she drank the cup of death and never told the secret of her love."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Sir, that has your Heart, and all your softer Hours: I know’t, and if I were so wretched as to marry thee, must see my Fortune lavisht out on her; her Coaches, Dress, and Equipage exceed mine by far:
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