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encephalonize

encephalonize is the alternative form of encephalize.

Meaning of encephalize

Verb

encephalize (third-person singular simple present encephalizes, present participle encephalizing, simple past and past participle encephalized)

  1. To migrate brain function from the subcortical centres to the cortex.
  2. (intransitive) To evolve a large head or brain.
  3. (rare, transitive) To place under control of the brain.

Forms of encephalonize

third-person singular presentencephalonizes
present participleencephalonizing
past participleencephalonized
pastencephalonized

Origin of encephalonize

From encephalon + -ize.

Questions about encephalonize

What is encephalonize the alternative form of?
Encephalonize is the alternative form of encephalize.

Words near encephalonize in the dictionary

  1. encephalomyosynangioses
  2. encephalomyosynangiosis
  3. encephalon
  4. encephaloneuropathies
  5. encephaloneuropathy
  6. encephalonize
  7. encephalonized
  8. encephalonizes
  9. encephalonizing
  10. encephalons
  11. encephalopathia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encephalonize (page history and authors); encephalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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