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prodigating

prodigating is the present participle and gerund of prodigate.

Meaning of prodigate

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

Questions about prodigating

What is prodigating the present participle and gerund of?
Prodigating is the present participle and gerund of prodigate.

Words near prodigating in the dictionary

  1. prodigalness
  2. prodigals
  3. prodigate
  4. prodigated
  5. prodigates
  6. prodigating
  7. prodigence
  8. prodigies
  9. prodiginine
  10. prodiginines
  11. prodigiosin

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