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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1674
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Lavish, v. [e.m.E. lavish, lavesse (1542), f. Lavis(c)h,a.] tr. To bestow or give away lavishly. — 1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 179.
Gratis burgess and gildbrether ticketts … are … sometymes protracted and lavished away upon obscure and unworthie persones
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