SQUANDER, verb transitive [G., to turn.] 1. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally; to dissipate; to waste without economy or judgment; as, to squander an estate. They often squanderd, but they never gave. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. 2. To scatter; to disperse. Our squanderd troops he rallies. [In this application not now used.]
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