squanderest
squanderest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of squander.
Meaning of squander
Verb
squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)
- To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
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- To scatter; to disperse.
- […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2
- To wander at random; to scatter.
- […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Origin of squanderest
squander + -est
Questions about squanderest
- What is squanderest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Squanderest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of squander.
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