glossarize
glossarize verb: to provide (a work) with a glossary.
Verb
glossarize (third-person singular simple present glossarizes, present participle glossarizing, simple past and past participle glossarized)
- To provide (a work) with a glossary.
- I was asked to glossarize it and I refused to do so, arguing that by the time someone comes to the end of the novel they'll know what it is about. They'll know the names of the various avatars of Ganesh, for example.2013, Kit Dobson, Smaro Kamboureli, Producing Canadian Literature
- It is to be expected that linguists should wish to glossarize the terms of their own science.2019, William Bright, Linguistics in North America, 1, page 158
Forms of glossarize
| third-person singular present | glossarizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | glossarizing |
| past participle | glossarized |
| past | glossarized |
Origin of glossarize
From glossary + -ize.
Questions about glossarize
- What does glossarize mean?
- Glossarize means to provide (a work) with a glossary.
- What part of speech is glossarize?
- Glossarize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of glossarize?
- The past tense of glossarize is glossarized.
Words near glossarize in the dictionary
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