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despotize

despotize verb: to behave like a despot; to act despotically; to tyrannize.

Verb

despotize (third-person singular simple present despotizes, present participle despotizing, simple past and past participle despotized)

  1. To behave like a despot; to act despotically; to tyrannize.

Forms of despotize

third-person singular presentdespotizes
present participledespotizing
past participledespotized
pastdespotized

Origin of despotize

From despot + -ize.

Questions about despotize

What does despotize mean?
Despotize means to behave like a despot; to act despotically; to tyrannize.
What part of speech is despotize?
Despotize is a verb.
What is the past tense of despotize?
The past tense of despotize is despotized.

Words near despotize in the dictionary

  1. despoticly
  2. despotism
  3. despotisms
  4. despotist
  5. despotists
  6. despotize
  7. despotized
  8. despotizes
  9. despotizing
  10. despotocracies
  11. despotocracy

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