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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WANTONING, ppr. Roving; flying loosely; playing without restraint; indulging in licentiousness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.