disrealize
disrealize verb: to strip of its reality.
Verb
disrealize (third-person singular simple present disrealizes, present participle disrealizing, simple past and past participle disrealized)
- To strip of its reality.
- And yet haue they not alwaies plentie or aboundaunce of these readye at hand neyther, or in ease they haue, yet is it marred and disrealised with muche galle of griefes and sorowes.1548, Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Ghospell of S. Luke, Chapter XV”, in Nicholas Udall, transl., The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente
- By that disrealizing and subliming touch of genius which made the ragged beggar who sat to Michael Angelo rise from beneath his chisel “transformed into the Patriarch of Poverty,” the great novelist leads us into the realm where his ideal creations float in immortal freedom, and sets us free to...1870, William Rounseville Alger, The Sword, the Pen, and the Pulpit, page 30
Forms of disrealize
| third-person singular present | disrealizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | disrealizing |
| past participle | disrealized |
| past | disrealized |
| alternative form | disrealise |
Origin of disrealize
From dis- + realize.
Questions about disrealize
- What does disrealize mean?
- Disrealize means to strip of its reality.
- What part of speech is disrealize?
- Disrealize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disrealize?
- The past tense of disrealize is disrealized.
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