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aphorising

aphorising is the present participle and gerund of aphorise.

Meaning of aphorise

Verb

aphorise (third-person singular simple present aphorises, present participle aphorising, simple past and past participle aphorised)

  1. (transitive) To create an aphorism from.
    • At the drop of a hat, he would aphorise an experience into a few memorable words.
  2. (intransitive) To use aphorisms.

Questions about aphorising

What is aphorising the present participle and gerund of?
Aphorising is the present participle and gerund of aphorise.

Words near aphorising in the dictionary

  1. aphorise
  2. aphorised
  3. aphoriser
  4. aphorisers
  5. aphorises
  6. aphorising
  7. aphorism
  8. aphorismatic
  9. aphorismed
  10. aphorismer
  11. aphorismers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphorising (page history and authors); aphorise (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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