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prodigalize, v.|ˈprɒdɪgəlaɪz|
[f. prodigal n. + -ize: cf. obs. F. prodigaliser (1605 in Godef.), perh. the immediate source.]
†1. intr. to prodigalize it, to be lavish. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Despendre trop, to prodigalize it, lauish, or lash out.
2. trans. To spend profusely or lavishly.
1611Cotgr., Prodigalisé, prodigalized, lauished,..squandered away. 1650[? W. Saunderson] Aul. Coquin. 68 This Lord..did most vainely prodigallize, what he often begg'd. 1836Lytton Athens ii. iii, [Crœsus] prodigalized fresh presents on the Delphians. 1849― Caxtons xvii. i, Major MacBlarney prodigalizes his offers of service in every conceivable department of life. |