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prodigate

prodigate verb: to squander.

Verb

prodigate (third-person singular simple present prodigates, present participle prodigating, simple past and past participle prodigated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To 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

Forms of prodigate

third-person singular presentprodigates
present participleprodigating
past participleprodigated
pastprodigated

Origin of prodigate

From Latin prodigo.

Questions about prodigate

What does prodigate mean?
Prodigate means to squander.
What part of speech is prodigate?
Prodigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of prodigate?
The past tense of prodigate is prodigated.

Words near prodigate in the dictionary

  1. prodigalizing
  2. prodigall
  3. prodigally
  4. prodigalness
  5. prodigals
  6. prodigate
  7. prodigated
  8. prodigates
  9. prodigating
  10. prodigence
  11. prodigies

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