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squandereth

squandereth is the third-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)

  1. (transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
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    Synonyms:
    waste, lavish, splurge, slather, throw away, make ducks and drakes of, play ducks and drakes with, blow
    Antonyms:
    conserve, hoard, save
  2. (obsolete, transitive) 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
  3. (obsolete, transitive) 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 squandereth

squander + -eth

Questions about squandereth

What is squandereth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Squandereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of squander.

Words near squandereth in the dictionary

  1. squanderation
  2. squandered
  3. squanderer
  4. squanderers
  5. squanderest
  6. squandereth
  7. Squandergate
  8. squandering
  9. squanderingly
  10. squanderings
  11. squanderlust

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