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epenthesize

epenthesize verb: to modify by epenthesis.

Verb

epenthesize (third-person singular simple present epenthesizes, present participle epenthesizing, simple past and past participle epenthesized)

  1. (transitive) To modify by epenthesis.

Forms of epenthesize

third-person singular presentepenthesizes
present participleepenthesizing
past participleepenthesized
pastepenthesized

Origin of epenthesize

From epenthesis + -ize.

Questions about epenthesize

What does epenthesize mean?
Epenthesize means to modify by epenthesis.
What part of speech is epenthesize?
Epenthesize is a verb.
What is the past tense of epenthesize?
The past tense of epenthesize is epenthesized.

Words near epenthesize in the dictionary

  1. ependymoma
  2. ependymomas
  3. ependymomata
  4. epentheses
  5. epenthesis
  6. epenthesize
  7. epenthesized
  8. epenthesizes
  9. epenthesizing
  10. epenthetic
  11. epenthetical

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