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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expensive \Ex*pen"sive\, a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke. 2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. --Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W. Temple. Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- {Ex*pen"sive*ly}, adv -- {Ex*pen"sive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expensive adj : high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" [ant: {cheap}]
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