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etiologize

etiologize verb: to give an aetiology to, to posit a cause of.

Verb

etiologize (third-person singular simple present etiologizes, present participle etiologizing, simple past and past participle etiologized)

  1. (uncommon) To give an aetiology to, to posit a cause of.

Forms of etiologize

third-person singular presentetiologizes
present participleetiologizing
past participleetiologized
pastetiologized

Origin of etiologize

From etiology + -ize.

Questions about etiologize

What does etiologize mean?
Etiologize means to give an aetiology to, to posit a cause of.
What part of speech is etiologize?
Etiologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of etiologize?
The past tense of etiologize is etiologized.

Words near etiologize in the dictionary

  1. etiologically
  2. etiologics
  3. etiologies
  4. etiologist
  5. etiologists
  6. etiologize
  7. etiologized
  8. etiologizes
  9. etiologizing
  10. etiology
  11. etiopathogeneses

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