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cliticize

cliticize verb: to make or become clitic.

Verb

cliticize (third-person singular simple present cliticizes, present participle cliticizing, simple past and past participle cliticized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become clitic.

Forms of cliticize

third-person singular presentcliticizes
present participlecliticizing
past participlecliticized
pastcliticized

Origin of cliticize

From clitic + -ize.

Questions about cliticize

What does cliticize mean?
Cliticize means to make or become clitic.
What part of speech is cliticize?
Cliticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cliticize?
The past tense of cliticize is cliticized.

Words near cliticize in the dictionary

  1. clitichood
  2. cliticisation
  3. cliticisations
  4. cliticization
  5. cliticizations
  6. cliticize
  7. cliticized
  8. cliticizes
  9. cliticizing
  10. cliticless
  11. clitics

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