anticize
anticize verb: to perform antics.
Verb
anticize (third-person singular simple present anticizes, present participle anticizing, simple past and past participle anticized)
- To perform antics.
- Could the orb sweep those puny particles
It just half-lights at distance, hardly leads
I' the leash — sweep out each speck of them from space
They anticize in with their days and nights […]1871, Robert Browning, Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau - Most musicians are convinced that this kind of information is designed for doctors and dentists, whom they regard as hopelessly addicted to stereophonic anticizing, right down to locomotive and automobile noises.1966, The Music Journal, volume 24, page 79
- Could the orb sweep those puny particles
Forms of anticize
| third-person singular present | anticizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | anticizing |
| past participle | anticized |
| past | anticized |
Origin of anticize
From antic + -ize.
Questions about anticize
- What does anticize mean?
- Anticize means to perform antics.
- What part of speech is anticize?
- Anticize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of anticize?
- The past tense of anticize is anticized.
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