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bigotize

bigotize verb: to be a bigot; act a bigot.

Verb

bigotize (third-person singular simple present bigotizes, present participle bigotizing, simple past and past participle bigotized)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To be a bigot; act a bigot.
    • Require not, however shrewd your guess, my acknowledgment of this brain-child; forgive all unintended harms; supply what is lacking in my charities; politically, socially, authorially, think that I bigotize in theoretic fun, but am incarnate Tolerance for practical earnest.1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Complete Works of Martin F. Tupper, page 169
    • Do you think it gives you power
      When you say things you'll regret
      When you bigotize on someone's thighs
      That's just what you won't get!2007, Doug "Ten" Rose, Fearless Puppy on American Road, page 402
  2. (rare, transitive) To make a bigot out of.
    • Outside of this limitation the term has no use but to confuse the public and to exult and bigotise the sceptic.1911, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research

Forms of bigotize

third-person singular presentbigotizes
present participlebigotizing
past participlebigotized
pastbigotized
alternative UKbigotise

Origin of bigotize

From bigot + -ize.

Questions about bigotize

What does bigotize mean?
Bigotize means to be a bigot; act a bigot.
What part of speech is bigotize?
Bigotize is a verb.
What is the past tense of bigotize?
The past tense of bigotize is bigotized.

Words near bigotize in the dictionary

  1. bigotedly
  2. bigotedness
  3. Bigotgate
  4. bigotise
  5. bigotish
  6. bigotize
  7. bigotized
  8. bigotizes
  9. bigotizing
  10. bigotlike
  11. bigotly

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