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hagiographize

hagiographize verb: to write a hagiography about; to praise uncritically in writing.

Verb

hagiographize (third-person singular simple present hagiographizes, present participle hagiographizing, simple past and past participle hagiographized)

  1. (transitive) To write a hagiography about; to praise uncritically in writing.

Forms of hagiographize

third-person singular presenthagiographizes
present participlehagiographizing
past participlehagiographized
pasthagiographized

Origin of hagiographize

hagiography + -ize

Questions about hagiographize

What does hagiographize mean?
Hagiographize means to write a hagiography about; to praise uncritically in writing.
What part of speech is hagiographize?
Hagiographize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hagiographize?
The past tense of hagiographize is hagiographized.

Words near hagiographize in the dictionary

  1. hagiographical
  2. hagiographically
  3. hagiographies
  4. hagiographist
  5. hagiographists
  6. hagiographize
  7. hagiographized
  8. hagiographizes
  9. hagiographizing
  10. hagiography
  11. hagiolater

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