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docetize

docetize verb: to explain or interpret docetically.

Verb

docetize (third-person singular simple present docetizes, present participle docetizing, simple past and past participle docetized)

  1. (transitive) To explain or interpret docetically.

Forms of docetize

third-person singular presentdocetizes
present participledocetizing
past participledocetized
pastdocetized
alternative formdocetise

Origin of docetize

From Docetae + -ize, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

Questions about docetize

What does docetize mean?
Docetize means to explain or interpret docetically.
What part of speech is docetize?
Docetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of docetize?
The past tense of docetize is docetized.

Words near docetize in the dictionary

  1. docetism
  2. docetisms
  3. docetist
  4. docetistic
  5. docetists
  6. docetize
  7. docetized
  8. docetizes
  9. docetizing
  10. doch an durrus
  11. doch-an-dorris

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