cowardize
cowardize is the obsolete spelling of cowardice.
Meaning of cowardice
Noun
cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)
- Lack of courage.
- The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
Verb
cowardize (third-person singular simple present cowardizes, present participle cowardizing, simple past and past participle cowardized)
Forms of cowardize
| third-person singular present | cowardizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | cowardizing |
| past participle | cowardized |
| past | cowardized |
Origin of cowardize
From coward + -ize.
Questions about cowardize
- What does cowardize mean?
- Cowardize means to render (someone or something) cowardly, to cause to become a coward.
- What is cowardize the obsolete spelling of?
- Cowardize is the obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- What part of speech is cowardize?
- Cowardize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cowardize?
- The past tense of cowardize is cowardized.
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