largition Now rare.
(lɑːˈdʒɪʃən)
[ad. L. largītiōn-em, n. of action f. largīrī to be liberal or bountiful, f. largus (see large a.). Cf. obs. F. largition.]
The bestowal of gifts or largess; bountiful giving. Also an instance of this.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. (1822) 169 The Faderis..dredand Cassius, be thir largiciouns, to conques sic favoure and riches that micht be noysum to thair liberte. 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 456 He had, by great largition and briberie, prevailed at Rome. a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 225 Necessity is the companion of immoderate largition. 1781 S. Peters Hist. Connect. 318 The largition enabled them to build a meeting and settle a minister. 1854 Card. Wiseman Fabiola ii. xxviii. (1855) 307 The separate cell, which Agnes had obtained..backed by her parents' handsome largitions. |
Hence larˈgitional a., of the nature of largess.
| 1656 in Blount Glossogr. |