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English Dictionary: wantoned by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Wantoning}.]
      1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
            revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  
                     Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
  
                     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.
  
      2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
            lasciviously.
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