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aphorize

aphorize is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of aphorize

third-person singular presentaphorizes
present participleaphorizing
past participleaphorized
pastaphorized

Questions about aphorize

What is aphorize the alternative spelling of?
Aphorize is the alternative spelling of aphorise.

Words near aphorize in the dictionary

  1. aphoristical
  2. aphoristically
  3. aphoristicity
  4. aphoristicness
  5. aphorists
  6. aphorize
  7. aphorized
  8. aphorizer
  9. aphorizers
  10. aphorizes
  11. aphorizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphorize (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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