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lavished

lavished is the simple past and past participle of lavish.

Meaning of lavish

Verb

lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)

  1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
    • They lavished money on the dinner.
  2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
    • They lavished him with praise.

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Words formed from lavished

Questions about lavished

What is lavished the simple past and past participle of?
Lavished is the simple past and past participle of lavish.

Words near lavished in the dictionary

  1. lavinskyite
  2. Laviolette
  3. Laviolettes
  4. laviscious
  5. lavish
  6. lavished
  7. lavisher
  8. lavishers
  9. lavishes
  10. lavishest
  11. lavishing

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