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bovrilize

bovrilize verb: to condense; to reduce to essential details, as when explaining something.

Verb

bovrilize (third-person singular simple present bovrilizes, present participle bovrilizing, simple past and past participle bovrilized)

  1. (archaic, humorous, transitive) To condense; to reduce to essential details, as when explaining something.

Forms of bovrilize

third-person singular presentbovrilizes
present participlebovrilizing
past participlebovrilized
pastbovrilized
alternative formbovrilise

Origin of bovrilize

From Bovril + -ize.

Questions about bovrilize

What does bovrilize mean?
Bovrilize means to condense; to reduce to essential details, as when explaining something.
What part of speech is bovrilize?
Bovrilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of bovrilize?
The past tense of bovrilize is bovrilized.

Words near bovrilize in the dictionary

  1. Bovril
  2. bovrilise
  3. bovrilised
  4. bovrilises
  5. bovrilising
  6. bovrilize
  7. bovrilized
  8. bovrilizes
  9. bovrilizing
  10. bovuroboside
  11. bovver

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