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heroinize

heroinize verb: to treat (a woman) as a heroine.

Verb

heroinize (third-person singular simple present heroinizes, present participle heroinizing, simple past and past participle heroinized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (a woman) as a heroine.

Forms of heroinize

third-person singular presentheroinizes
present participleheroinizing
past participleheroinized
pastheroinized

Origin of heroinize

From heroine + -ize.

Questions about heroinize

What does heroinize mean?
Heroinize means to treat (a woman) as a heroine.
What part of speech is heroinize?
Heroinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of heroinize?
The past tense of heroinize is heroinized.

Words near heroinize in the dictionary

  1. heroing
  2. heroinic
  3. heroinism
  4. heroinist
  5. heroinists
  6. heroinize
  7. heroinized
  8. heroinizes
  9. heroinizing
  10. heroinlike
  11. heroinomania

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