† wasteningn.
Obsolete. rare.
= wasting n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
1604 Abp. York in Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) III. 252 As one that honoreth and loveth his most exct Matie wth all my heart, I wish lesse wastening of the treasor of the realm.
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† wasteningadj.
Obsolete. rare.
That is undergoing waste or decay.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > wasting
wasting1340
wastening1647
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. Infin. Worlds lxxxii Besides that firie flame that was so narre The Planets self, which greedily did eat The wastning mold.
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