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despotizing

despotizing is the present participle and gerund of despotize.

Meaning of despotize

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.

Questions about despotizing

What is despotizing the present participle and gerund of?
Despotizing is the present participle and gerund of despotize.

Words near despotizing in the dictionary

  1. despotist
  2. despotists
  3. despotize
  4. despotized
  5. despotizes
  6. despotizing
  7. despotocracies
  8. despotocracy
  9. despotocratic
  10. despotry
  11. despots

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