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hermitize

hermitize verb: to isolate oneself; to become a hermit.

Verb

hermitize (third-person singular simple present hermitizes, present participle hermitizing, simple past and past participle hermitized)

  1. to isolate oneself; to become a hermit
  2. to cause to become Hermitian

Forms of hermitize

third-person singular presenthermitizes
present participlehermitizing
past participlehermitized
pasthermitized

Origin of hermitize

From hermit + -ize.

Questions about hermitize

What does hermitize mean?
Hermitize means to isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
What part of speech is hermitize?
Hermitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hermitize?
The past tense of hermitize is hermitized.

Words near hermitize in the dictionary

  1. hermitically
  2. hermiticity
  3. hermitish
  4. hermitism
  5. hermitization
  6. hermitize
  7. hermitized
  8. hermitizes
  9. hermitizing
  10. hermitlike
  11. hermitness

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