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eclecticize

eclecticize verb: to make eclectic or varied.

Verb

eclecticize (third-person singular simple present eclecticizes, present participle eclecticizing, simple past and past participle eclecticized)

  1. (transitive) To make eclectic or varied.
  2. (intransitive) To produce eclectic or varied works.

Forms of eclecticize

third-person singular presenteclecticizes
present participleeclecticizing
past participleeclecticized
pasteclecticized

Origin of eclecticize

From eclectic + -ize.

Questions about eclecticize

What does eclecticize mean?
Eclecticize means to make eclectic or varied.
What part of speech is eclecticize?
Eclecticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of eclecticize?
The past tense of eclecticize is eclecticized.

Words near eclecticize in the dictionary

  1. eclecticising
  2. eclecticism
  3. eclecticisms
  4. eclecticist
  5. eclecticists
  6. eclecticize
  7. eclecticized
  8. eclecticizes
  9. eclecticizing
  10. eclectick
  11. eclecticks

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