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dentize

dentize verb: to teethe.

Verb

dentize (third-person singular simple present dentizes, present participle dentizing, simple past and past participle dentized)

  1. (archaic) To teethe.
    • The old countess […] did dentize twice or thrice.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
    Synonyms:
    cut new teeth, breed teeth

Synonyms of dentize

  • cut new teeth
  • breed teeth

Forms of dentize

third-person singular presentdentizes
present participledentizing
past participledentized
pastdentized

Origin of dentize

From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”).

Questions about dentize

What does dentize mean?
Dentize means to teethe.
What part of speech is dentize?
Dentize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dentize?
The past tense of dentize is dentized.

Words near dentize in the dictionary

  1. dentists
  2. dentition
  3. dentitional
  4. dentitionally
  5. dentitions
  6. dentize
  7. dentized
  8. dentizes
  9. dentizing
  10. Dentler
  11. Dentlers

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