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œconomise

œconomise is the obsolete form of economize.

Meaning of economize

Verb

economize (third-person singular simple present economizes, present participle economizing, simple past and past participle economized)

  1. (intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
  2. (transitive) To use frugally.

Forms of œconomise

third-person singular presentœconomises
present participleœconomising
past participleœconomised
pastœconomised

Questions about œconomise

What is œconomise the obsolete form of?
Œconomise is the obsolete form of economize.

Words near œconomise in the dictionary

  1. œconomicall
  2. œconomically
  3. œconomick
  4. œconomics
  5. œconomies
  6. œconomise
  7. œconomist
  8. œconomists
  9. œconomize
  10. œconomized
  11. œconomizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œconomise (page history and authors); economize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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