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encliticize

encliticize verb: to add an enclitic to a word.

Verb

encliticize (third-person singular simple present encliticizes, present participle encliticizing, simple past and past participle encliticized)

  1. To add an enclitic to a word.

Forms of encliticize

third-person singular presentencliticizes
present participleencliticizing
past participleencliticized
pastencliticized

Origin of encliticize

From enclitic + -ize.

Questions about encliticize

What does encliticize mean?
Encliticize means to add an enclitic to a word.
What part of speech is encliticize?
Encliticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of encliticize?
The past tense of encliticize is encliticized.

Words near encliticize in the dictionary

  1. enclitically
  2. encliticise
  3. encliticised
  4. encliticization
  5. encliticizations
  6. encliticize
  7. encliticized
  8. encliticizes
  9. encliticizing
  10. enclitics
  11. encloak

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