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apathize

apathize verb: to make or become apathetic or insensible.

Verb

apathize (third-person singular simple present apathizes, present participle apathizing, simple past and past participle apathized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become apathetic or insensible.

Forms of apathize

third-person singular presentapathizes
present participleapathizing
past participleapathized
pastapathized

Origin of apathize

From apath(y) + -ize.

Questions about apathize

What does apathize mean?
Apathize means to make or become apathetic or insensible.
What part of speech is apathize?
Apathize is a verb.
What is the past tense of apathize?
The past tense of apathize is apathized.

Words near apathize in the dictionary

  1. apathies
  2. apathism
  3. apathist
  4. apathistical
  5. apathists
  6. apathize
  7. apathized
  8. apathizes
  9. apathizing
  10. apathogenic
  11. apathogenicity

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