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prodigalizing

prodigalizing is the present participle and gerund of prodigalize.

Meaning of prodigalize

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

Questions about prodigalizing

What is prodigalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Prodigalizing is the present participle and gerund of prodigalize.

Words near prodigalizing in the dictionary

  1. prodigalities
  2. prodigality
  3. prodigalize
  4. prodigalized
  5. prodigalizes
  6. prodigalizing
  7. prodigall
  8. prodigally
  9. prodigalness
  10. prodigals
  11. prodigate

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