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verb

Squander v. t. (past & past part. squandered; pres. part. squandering)

To scatter; to disperse. (Obs.) "Our squandered troops he rallies."

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."

Synonyms: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.

Squander v. i.

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

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

noun

Squander n. The act of squandering; waste.

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"Squander" Quotes from Famous Books

... property. Now the consequence of this doctrine must be, that as a man may find several ways to waste, misspend, or abuse his patrimony, without being answerable to the laws; so a king may in like manner do what he will with his own, that is, he may squander and misapply his revenues, and even alienate the crown, without being called to an account by his subjects. They allow such a prince to be guilty indeed of much folly and wickedness, but for those he is to answer ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III.: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I. • Jonathan Swift

... who knew the people well, it was very laughable to think that a score of dissolute young patricians should first fancy themselves able to raise a revolution against the most firmly established government in Europe, and should then squander the privacy which they had bought at a frightful risk in mere gambling and dice-playing. But there was nothing humorous about the oath he had taken. In the first place, it had been sworn in solemn earnest, and was therefore binding upon him; ...

— Marietta - A Maid of Venice • F. Marion Crawford

... these hardy sons of creation sing as merrily, smile as cheerfully, smoke as calmly, and unquestionably sleep as soundly, as any veteran in idleness, though pampered with luxuries, and with a balance at his banker's which he is at a loss how to squander. ...

— Lands of the Slave and the Free - Cuba, The United States, and Canada • Henry A. Murray

... subsidy would be no more than L140,000;[635] and even this the House of Commons declared that the country would not bear for more than one year. They did not choose perhaps to leave the queen at liberty to abuse their confidence by giving her the full grant to squander on the clergy. They were unanimous that the country must and should be defended. They admitted that the sum which they were ready to vote would fall short of the indispensable outlay; nevertheless, when the report of the committee was laid before ...

— The Reign of Mary Tudor • James Anthony Froude

... Squander the hell-rook ranks sally to molest him; March, kind comrade, abreast him; Dress his days to a dexterous ...

— Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Now First Published • Gerard Manley Hopkins

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