SPA'RING, participle present tense 1. Using frugally; forbearing; omitting to punish or destroy. 2. adjective Scarce; little. 3. Scanty; not plentiful; not abundant; as a sparing diet. 4. Saving; parsimonious. Virgil being so very sparing of his words, and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader, can never be translated as he ought in amy modern tongue.
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