Meanings
verbprodigate (third-person singular simple present prodigates, present participle prodigating, simple past and past participle prodigated)
present singular third person prodigates · participle present prodigating · participle past prodigated · past prodigated
- archaictransitiveTo squander.
His gold is prodigated in every direction which his stupid menaces fail to frighten.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinprodigo
- Englishprodigate
From Latin prodigo.
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