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Webster 1913 Edition

Expensive

Ex-pen′sive

,
Adj.
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 sense: extravagant; lavish.
[R.]
An active,
expensive
, indefatigable goodness.
Sprat.
–
Ex-pen′sive-ly
,
adv.
–
Ex-pen′sive-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expensive

EXPENS'IVE

,
Adj.
Costly; requiring much expense; as an expensive dress or equipment; an expensive family. Vices are usually more expensive than virtues.
1.
Given to expense; free in the use of money; extravagant; lavish; applied to persons. Of men, some are frugal and industrious; others, idle land expensive.
2.
Liberal; generous in the distribution of property.
This requires an active, expensive, indefatigable goodness.

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