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cabbalise

cabbalise is the alternative form of cabbalize.

Meaning of cabbalize

Verb

cabbalize (third-person singular simple present cabbalizes, present participle cabbalizing, simple past and past participle cabbalized)

  1. To study or be influenced by the Kabbalah.
    • The most direct derivation is from Serap, to burn, whence Seraph; since Serapis was so represented; and since it is evident that Moses cabbalized in translating names, he may have done so here ; and if this, meaning a column of measured time, evince connexion with the pyramid, the name Boore-Muth...1824, The Classical Journal - Volume 29, page 88
  2. (broadly) To interpret in a mystical and esoteric manner.
    • The great value of Bloom's work is its emphasis on a psychoanalytic perspective, however gnostified, mystified, cabbalized that perspective may be.1983, Eleanor Cook, Northrop Frye, Centre and labyrinth: essays in honour of Northrop Frye, page 345

Forms of cabbalise

third-person singular presentcabbalises
present participlecabbalising
past participlecabbalised
pastcabbalised

Questions about cabbalise

What is cabbalise the alternative form of?
Cabbalise is the alternative form of cabbalize.

Words near cabbalise in the dictionary

  1. cabbala
  2. cabbalah
  3. cabbalas
  4. cabbalic
  5. cabbaling
  6. cabbalise
  7. cabbalised
  8. cabbalises
  9. cabbalising
  10. cabbalism
  11. cabbalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cabbalise (page history and authors); cabbalize (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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