prodigalize 
prodigalize (pnl'i-gal-iz). r.; pret. and pp. 
linniii/iili-iil, |']ir. vnSHgatMng. [< OF. prodi- 
galier = Pg.prixligalizar = It. pro(ti<jali::tirr ; 
' + -izc.] I. Iran*. To spend or give 
4752 
with prodigality or profuseness; lavish; prodi- 
gate. 
Major MacBlarney prodigalities his offers of service In 
every conceivable department of life. 
Bulwer, Caxtons, xvli. 1. (Darien.^ 
II. intranx. To be extravagant in expendi- 
ture: with an indefinite it. Cotgran. 
Also spelled prodigalise. 
prodigally (prod'i-gal-i), adv. [< prodigal + 
-lii-.] In a prodigal manner, (a) with profusion 
of expenses ; extravagantly ; lavishly ; wast ef ully : as, an 
estate prodigally dissipated. 
The next In place and punishment are they 
Who prodigally throw their souls away. 
Dryden, ^Eneld, vi. 687. 
(ft) With liberal abundance ; profusely. 
The fields, 
With ripening harvest prodigally fair, 
In brightest sunshine bask. 
Wordsworth, Sonnets, II. 13. 
prodigate (prod'i-gat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. prod- 
igated, ppr. prodigating. [< ML. prodigatus, pp. 
otproaigare (> 8p. prodigar), consume, squan- 
der, freq. of It.prodigere, consume, squander: 
see prodigal.] To squander prodigally ; lavish. 
His gold la prodigated in every direction which his fool- 
ish menaces fail to frighten. Thackeray. 
prodigencet (prod'i-jens), n. [< L. prodigentia, 
extravagance, profusion, <. prodigen(t-)s, ppr. of 
prodigere, consume, squander: see prodigal.] 
Waste; profusion; prodigality. 
There is no proportion in this remuneration : this is not 
bounty, it liprodigencc. Bp. Hall, John Baptist Beheaded. 
prodigious (pro-dij'us), a. [< F. prodigieux = 
8p. Pg. It. prodigioso, < L. prodigiosus, unnatu- 
ral, strange, wonderful, marvelous,<7>r<w/i<7iMi, 
an omen, portent, monster: see prodigy.] It. 
Having the character or partaking of the na- 
ture of a prodigy; portentous. 
Super. The Diulll oner take thee ! 
Amb. O (a tall ! 
Super. O prodiait/us to our blouds ! 
Tourneur, Revenger's Tragedy, Ii. 6. 
1 never see him but methlnks his face 
Is more prodigious than a fiery comet. 
Beau, and Fl. (1), Faithful Friends, I. 3. 
Hang all the sky with your prodigious signs. 
B. Jonfott, Sejanus, v. C. 
2. Wonderfully large ; very great in size, quan- 
tity, or extent; monstrous; immense; huge; 
enormous. 
His head is like a huge spherical chamber, containing 
a prodigious mass of soft brains. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 157. 
Instead of the redress of such Injuries, they saw a new 
and prodigious tax laid on the realm by the legislature. 
;.'. W. Dixon, Hist Church of Eng., xv. 
3. Very great in degree ; excessive ; extreme. 
I had much discourse with my Lord Winchelsea, a ;- 
digious talker. Evelyn, Diary, Aug. 4, iwiii. 
For so small a man, his strength was prodigious. 
Barham, Ingoldshy Legends, I. 77. 
They tell me I'm a prodigious favourite, and that he 
talks of leaving mu every thing. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, III. 3. 
These optical splendours, together with the prodigious 
enthusiasm of the people, composed a picture at oncu 
scenical and affecting, theatrical and holy, /'* ','"""'''" 
Syn. Monstrous, marvelous, amazing, astonishing, as- 
tounding, extraordinary. 
prodigiously (pro-dij'us-li), adv. In a prodigious 
manner, (at) In the manner of a prodigy or portent; 
ominously ; portentously. 
And Hyasna's and Wolues, prodigiously entering their 
Cities, seemed to howle their Funeral! obsequies. 
Purciuu, Pilgrimage, p. 167. 
(ft) Wonderfully ; astonishingly ; enormously : as, a num- 
ber prodigiously great, (c) Excessively ; immensely ; ex- 
tremely. [Colloq.) 
I am prodigiously pleased with this joint volume. Pope. 
prodigiousness (pro-dii'us-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being prodigious ; enormousness ; 
the state of having qualities that excite wonder 
or astonishment. 
prodigy (prod'i-ji), n. ; pi. prodigies (-jiz). 
[Formerly also i/rw/ii/e ; = F. prodige = 8p. Pg. 
It. prodigio, < L. prodigium, a prophetic sign, 
token, omen, portent, prob. for 'prodicium, < 
prodicere, say beforehand, foretell, < pro, be- 
fore, + dicere, say: see diction. Otherwise < 
prod-, older form of pro, before, + "agiiim. 
saying, as in adagium, a saving: see adage.] 
1 . Something extraordinary from which omens 
are drawn; a portent. 
Think the easiest temptation* a porpoise before a tem- 
pest, smoke before fire, signs and prndvjei of a fearful con 
fllct to come. Her. T. Attains, Worki, II. 164. 
So many terronra, voices, prodigitt, 
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. 
Milton, V. R., Iv. 482. 
2. A person or thing so extraordinary as to ex- 
cite great wonder or astonishment. 
The Churches are many and very fayre ; in one of them 
lyes ini.'i i .I that prodigy <A learning, the noble and illus- 
1 1 ic His Joseph Scallger. Kaelyn, Diary, Aug. 18, 1641. 
Ay, but her beauty will affect you she is, though I ay 
it who am her father, a very prodigy. 
Sheridan, The Duenna, II. 1. 
3. A monster; an animal or other production 
out of the ordinary course of nature. 
Most of mankind, through their own sluggishness, be- 
come nature's prodigies, not her children. B. Jonton. 
= 8yn. 1. Sign, wonder, miracle. 2. Marvel, 
proditiont (pro-dish'on), n. [< OF. (and F.) 
prodition = i-jp. prodicion = Pg. prodiccto = 
It. prodizione, < L. proditio(n-), discovery, be- 
trayal, < prodere, bring forth, betray, <. pro, 
forth, + dare, give: see date' 1 . Cf. treason, 
which contains the same radical element.] 
Treachery; treason. 
Certes, It had bene better for thee not to hane accused 
the king of t hi- prodition. Gra/ton, Hen. II., an. 18. 
Proiition is the rankling tooth that follows her (Ini- 
quity's) ravishing kisses. Ken. T. Adams, Works, I. 222. 
proditort (prod'i-tor), n. [< OF. proditeur = 
Pg. proditor = It. proditore, < L. proditor, a 
traitor, < prodere, pp. proditus, bring forth, be- 
tray: see prodition. Cf. traitor, which contains 
the same radical element.] A traitor. 
Thou most usurping proditor, 
And not protector, of the king or realm. 
Shale., 1 Hen. VI., I. S. 31. 
proditorioust (prod-i-to'ri-us), n. [< ML. j>ro- 
<litorius, traitorous: seeproditory.] 1. Treach- 
erous; perfidious; traitorous. 
Now, proditorious wretch ! what hast thou done, 
To make this barbarous base assassinate? Daniel. 
2. Apt to disclose or make known. 
Those more solid and conclusive characters . , . which 
oftentimes do start out of children when themselves least 
think of it ; for, let me tell you, nature is yroditariout. 
Sir II. Walton, Reliqutee, p. 82. 
proditoriouslyt (prod-i-to'ri-us-li), adv. In a 
proditorious or perfidious manner ; with treach- 
ery. 
proditoryt (prod'i-to-ri). a. [= F. proditoire = 
Sp. Pg. It. proditor'io, < ML. proditorius, trai- 
torous^ L. proditor, a traitor: see proditor.'] 
Treacherous ; perfidious. 
If this were that touch of conscience which he bore 
with greater regrett, then for any other sin committed in 
his life, whether it were that proditory Aid sent to Rochel 
and Religion abroad, or that prodigality of shedding blood 
at home, to a million of his Subjects lives not valu'd in 
comparison of one Stratford, we may consider yet at last 
what true sense and feeling could be In that conscience. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, ii. 
prodromal (prod'ro-mal), a. [< prodrome + 
-a/.] In pathol., preliminary; pertaining to 
or of the nature of prodromata. Also prodro- 
mouK. 
In most Insanities a " period of incubation " is observed, 
generally spoken of as the prodromal or Initial period. 
Encye. Brit., XIII. 103. 
prodromata (pro-drom'a-ta), n. pi. [NL., < 
Gr. ir/>oipo/ax;, running before: see prodromug.] 
Minor symptoms preceding the well-marked 
outbreak of a disease ; prodromal symptoms. 
The severity of the prodromata serves as a guide. 
iju,,i,i, Med. Diet,, p. !:>'. 
prodromatic (prod-ro-mat'ik), a. [< prodro- 
mata + -ic.] Of or pertaining to prodromata; 
prodromal. 
prodrome (pro'drom), n. [< Gr. Tr/xxSpo/"?, a 
running forward : see prodromus.] If. A fore- 
runner. 
Sober morality, conscientiously kept to, Is like the morn- 
ing light reflected from the higher clouds, and a certain 
prodrome of the Sun of Righteousness Itself. 
Dr. II. More, cited in Ward's Life, p. 53. (Latham.) 
2. Any prodromal symptom. 3. A precursory 
or preliminary treatise; a prodromus (which 
si-c). 
prodromic (pro-drom'ik), a. [< Gr. rpoipoum&s, 
ready to run forward, < ir/Mpopnc,, running for- 
ward: see prodromoHs.'] Precursory; pertain- 
ing to prodromata. 
The eruption was fully out. It ... closely resembled 
tht prodroniie exanthem of variola. 
Medical News, LII. 646. 
prodrpmous (prod'ro-mus), a. [< Gr. vpodpofios, 
running forward, < v/>oipautlv, run forward, < 
*p6, forward, + OIM/UIV, run.] Same as prod- 
inmii l. 
prodromus (prod'ro-mus). ii. ; pi. prodromi 
(-ml). [< L. yuWr/ii.. < (ir. T/*'/XI/*;, run- 
produce 
ning before: see prodromous.'] Same as pro- 
drome ; especially, a preliminary treatise upon 
subjects respecting which a subsequent more 
elaborate work is intended. This was formerly a 
very common name of minor treatises composed In Latin, 
and survives, especially as English pritdrome, for books of 
this class. | This word seems to be used by Bacon for ' pro- 
phecy, anticipation, to be afterward verified.' See Uie 
quotation.] 
Bacon arranged his writings for the "Instauratlo Mag- 
na" intosix divisions: ... 5. The Prodromi; or, the An* 
tieipations of the Second Philosophy provisional antici- 
pations, founded on experience, which the investigator 
needs as starting-points in his research. 
Henry Mortey, First Sketch of Eng. Lit., vlil. I 22. 
prodrpmy (prod'ro-mi), n. [< Gr. irpoipofifi, a 
miming forward:' see prodrome.] A sign of 
something in the future; a presage. 
produce (pro-dus'), r.: pret. and pp. produced, 
ppr. producing. [= F. produire = Pr.produire 
= Sp. prodiicir = Pg. prodttzir = It. producere, 
< L. producere, lead forth or forward, bring for- 
ward, drawer stretch out, extend, prolong, con- 
duct, etc., bring forth, bear, etc., < pro, forth, 
forward, + ducere, lead, bring: see duct.] I. 
tram. 1. To lead or place forward or in front. 
[Rare.] 
lied. O, his leg was too much produced. 
Ana. And his hat was carried scnrvlly. 
It. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
2. To lengthen out; extend; prolong. 
In which great work, perhaps our stay will be 
Beyond our will produced. B. Jmiton, Sejanus, III. 3. 
An Insect with the extremity of its abdomen produced 
into a sharp point alights on the flower. 
linnnii. rVrtil. of Orchids by Insects, p. 100. 
Straight lines exist which have the property that any 
one of them may be produced both ways without limit 
i'neyc. Brit., X. 377. 
3. To bring forward ; bring or offer to view or 
notice; exhibit. 
I ... am moreover suitor that I may 
Produce his body to the market-place. 
Shalc.,J. C., ill. 1. 228. 
He is on lire to succour the oppressed, to produce the 
merit of the one, and confront the impudence of (he other. 
Steele, Taller, No. 242. 
Where is no door, I but produce 
My key to find It of no use. 
Lowell, Credldlmus Jovem Regnare. 
4. To bring forth; generate; bear; furnish: 
yield. 
All things In common nature should produce 
Without sweat or endeavour. 
Shale., Tempest, Ii. 1. 158. 
Many plants are known which regularly produce at the 
same time differently*constructed flowers. 
Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 182. 
The Infelicitous wife who had produced nothing but 
daughters. Georye Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxxvl. 
The Greeks had the very largest Ideas upon the training 
of man, and produced specimens of our kind with gifts 
that have never been surpassed. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. I , . 
6. To cause; effect; bring about. 
The agitations and struggling motions of matter first 
produced certain imperfect and Ill-joined compositions of 
things. Bacon, Physical Fables, I., ExpL 
Competition has produced activity where monopoly 
would nave produced sluggishness. Macaulay, History. 
It 1s not trial by jury that produce* justice, but It Is the 
sentiment of justice that produces trial by jury. 
IJ. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 289. 
6. To make; bring into being or form: as, to 
produce wares. 
The longleurs produced chansons de geste full of tales 
of battle and comoat Encyc. Brit., XIX. 873. 
7. To yield ; make accrue : as, money produce* 
interest ; capital produces profit. =gyn. 3. To show. 
4. To breed, beget, engender, propagate. 8. To afford, 
impart, give, occasion, furnish, supply. 
II. intrant. 1. To bring forth or yield appro- 
priate offspring, products, or consequences: as, 
this tree produces well. 2. In polit. econ., to 
create value; make anything valuable; brin^ 
goods, crops, manufactures, etc., into a state 
m which they will command a prir<-. 
Capitalist* will not go on permanently producing at a 
loss. J. S. Mill, PoL Econ., III. ill. 1 1. 
produce (prod'us), . [< produce, r.] That 
which is produced; a product, of either natu- 
ral growth, bodily yield, labor, or capital: as, 
the produce of the soil, of the flock, of the fac- 
tory, etc. 
In an open country too, of which the principal produce 
Is corn, a well-Inclosed piece of grass will frequently n nt 
higher than any corn-neld in Its neigblHiiirhood. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of .Nations, L 11. 
To give the pole the priKlncf of the sun. 
And knit th unsocial clinialen Into mi. 
C,,ir;-. ( harlty, 1. 12ft. 
