prodigate

English

Etymology

From Latin prodigo.

Verb

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

1. (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

1. inflection of prodigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

prodigate f pl

1. feminine plural of prodigato

Spanish

Verb

prodigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of prodigar combined with te