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hominize

hominize verb: to make human, or treat as if human.

Verb

hominize (third-person singular simple present hominizes, present participle hominizing, simple past and past participle hominized)

  1. (transitive) To make human, or treat as if human.

Forms of hominize

third-person singular presenthominizes
present participlehominizing
past participlehominized
pasthominized

Origin of hominize

From Latin homō (“human”, stem homin-) + -ize.

Questions about hominize

What does hominize mean?
Hominize means to make human, or treat as if human.
What part of speech is hominize?
Hominize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hominize?
The past tense of hominize is hominized.

Words near hominize in the dictionary

  1. hominism
  2. hominisms
  3. hominivorous
  4. hominization
  5. hominizations
  6. hominize
  7. hominized
  8. hominizes
  9. hominizing
  10. hominoid
  11. hominoids

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