SQUANDER

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. Dryden.

2.
v.

To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. Rambler.

3.
v.

To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage.

4.
v.

To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. Shak.

5.
n.

The act of squandering; waste.

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