
Noah Webster
Squander
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.]