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prodigalize

prodigalize verb: to spend lavishly.

Verb

prodigalize (third-person singular simple present prodigalizes, present participle prodigalizing, simple past and past participle prodigalized)

  1. 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 around1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii

Forms of prodigalize

third-person singular presentprodigalizes
present participleprodigalizing
past participleprodigalized
pastprodigalized

Origin of prodigalize

From prodigal + -ize.

Questions about prodigalize

What does prodigalize mean?
Prodigalize means to spend lavishly.
What part of speech is prodigalize?
Prodigalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of prodigalize?
The past tense of prodigalize is prodigalized.

Words near prodigalize in the dictionary

  1. prodigalish
  2. prodigalising
  3. prodigalism
  4. prodigalities
  5. prodigality
  6. prodigalize
  7. prodigalized
  8. prodigalizes
  9. prodigalizing
  10. prodigall
  11. prodigally

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