Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lavish

Lavish (lav"ish) , adjective

[Akin to English lave to lade out; compare Anglo-Saxon gelafian to refresh, German 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. — Shakespeare

Lavish (-isht) , transitive verb

To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.