Meanings
verbprodigalize (third-person singular simple present prodigalizes, present participle prodigalizing, simple past and past participle prodigalized)
present singular third person prodigalizes · participle present prodigalizing · participle past prodigalized · past prodigalized
- To spend lavishly.
Cabinets of gems , each cabinet itself a gem , filled up the interstices of the columns ; the most precious woods lined the thresholds and composed the doors ; gold and jewels seemed prodigalized all around
1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii
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prodigalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prodigalize
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“prodigalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prodigalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prodigalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prodigalize.
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