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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.

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.

2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.

Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
immoderate. See {Profuse}.

Germany, by contrast, has a state tax which yields its churches a lavish income.
Mrs. Marcos is on trial in U.S. District Court on charges of using embezzled money to buy New York properties and finance a lavish lifestyle.
His departure was followed by revelations about a lavish lifestyle, and he was defrocked by the Assemblies of God.
Quayle was lavish in his praise for Bush's debate performance as he addressed the rally of several thousand people at Casey Jones Village, a railroad theme park.
After years of close attention and lavish financing, swimmers face mounting problems in training, medical care and other areas because money has dried up.
In New York, hotel galas are getting "more and more lavish," says a spokesman for Marriott's Essex House, which expects no trouble filling its ballroom at $350 a head.
But Londoners should be well served at Richmond, which always mounts a lavish, traditional, production.
The Firebrand "The Democratic party is committed to money," angrily protests Angelita Ortega, standing outside a lavish delegate party in Atlanta this week.
Inside this lavish Moorish-style movie house, whose near demolition 10 years ago mobilized Atlanta's preservation movement, bored and broiling conventioneers are listening to jokester Mark Russell.
Brothers David and James Taggart will get to tell their side of the story this week in their trial on charges of evading taxes on money diverted from the PTL ministry to finance their lavish lifestyle.
The big social event each year is the lavish Swan Ball, where the Beamans were always in attendance.
In making their pitches, former salespeople say, they often emphasized lavish dividend yields but talked little about the fact that one would lose money should share prices decline.
Williams, whose MGM movies like the "Million Dollar Mermaid," "Dangerous When Wet" and "Bathing Beauty" were known for lavish swimming and underwater ballet sequences, says she packed decades of swimming experience into 124 suit designs.
His party hailed him as "the Conducator" and the "Genius of Carpathians." Just one month ago, the Communist Party gave Ceausescu another five-year term in a lavish show of support for his rejection of reforms sweeping Eastern Europe.
By 1987, he was spending "huge sums" on artwork and antiques, organizing and sponsoring lavish parties in Venice and in France, according to Rostuca's lawsuit.
Top government and Communist Party leaders paid lavish tribute Wednesday to the late Panchen Lama, who used his influence as Tibetan Buddhism's No. 2 leader to support Chinese rule in Tibet.
Last year, he was twice feted in lavish galas _ in April at New York's Lincoln Center and in May at the Cannes Film Festival.
DENVER _ Internal Revenue Service will attempt to auction the lavish Meeker ranch of flamboyant auto importer Malcolm Bricklin.
Along the way, he has loudly criticized corporate executives for enjoying lavish perks and adopting measures that help protect their jobs.
To flaunt the extraordinary payback, he held a lavish press conference where he stood before a mammoth blowup of a check for $800 million, the company's final payment.
The indictment said Bakker, 48, and Dortch, 57, engaged in a conspiracy designed to "create and continue lavish and extravagant lifestyles" by defrauding supporters who bought lifetime partnerships at PTL's Heritage USA complex.
The holdings include a castle in France and a lavish compound in Vail, Colo.
Though Mr. Siegel came as a friend, acquiring 25% of Warner, the partners quickly became adversaries as Mr. Siegel pressured Warner to cut back its lavish style, trim overhead and sell assets to bolster earnings.
Malcolm Forbes, the self-proclaimed "capitalist tool" of business publishing who used the world as a stage for his lavish parties and ballooning exploits, was mourned as one who reveled in life and free enterprise.
But that is a far cry from the 50 per cent drop in Central London rents and the inducements to tenants are not so lavish. As a business centre, Cardiff has still to see the full effects of its docklands redevelopment.
For example, they note that many baby busters value religion and formal rituals, such as proms and lavish weddings.
And the big parks have the most lavish shows.
Walking through a green light that appears to have no ramp beneath it, Siegfried and Roy opened the first of 32 performances at Radio City Music Hall on Friday night, a show as lavish in constuming and lighting as those the late Liberace used to do.
There won't be any lavish harborside bashes this year.
Among them is the lavish Reader's Digest "America's Historic Places," published this spring ($26.95).

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