wantoning

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wantoning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Wantoning.]
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     1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
        revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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              Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
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              How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
              strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
              like young dace in the streams!       --Lamb.
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     2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
        lasciviously.
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