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Webster 1913 Edition
Prodigate
Prod′i-gate
,Verb.
T.
To squander.
Thackeray.
Definition 2024
prodigate
prodigate
English
Verb
prodigate (third-person singular simple present prodigates, present participle prodigating, simple past and past participle prodigated)
- (archaic, transitive) To squander.
- Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter LXIII:
- Yesterday he was heard to speak lightly of her Royal Highness Madame the Duchess of Berri... His gold is prodigated in every direction which his stupid menaces fail to frighten." -
- Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter LXIII: