prodigate
English
Etymology
Verb
prodigate (third-person singular simple present prodigates, present participle prodigating, simple past and past participle prodigated)
- (archaic, transitive) To squander.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- His gold is prodigated in every direction which his stupid menaces fail to frighten.
References
- “prodigate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
prodigate
- inflection of prodigare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
prodigate f pl
- feminine plural of prodigato
Spanish
Verb
prodigate