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hospitize

hospitize verb: to show hospitality towards.

Verb

hospitize (third-person singular simple present hospitizes, present participle hospitizing, simple past and past participle hospitized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To show hospitality towards.
    • There is the desire to exploit, impress and hospitize the foreigner all at the same time, and very often in the same person.1936, Oriental Affairs: A Monthly Review, volumes 5-6, page 187

Forms of hospitize

third-person singular presenthospitizes
present participlehospitizing
past participlehospitized
pasthospitized
alternative formhospitise

Origin of hospitize

From Latin hospes, hospitis (“guest”) + -ize.

Questions about hospitize

What does hospitize mean?
Hospitize means to show hospitality towards.
What part of speech is hospitize?
Hospitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hospitize?
The past tense of hospitize is hospitized.

Words near hospitize in the dictionary

  1. hospiticide
  2. hospiticides
  3. hospitious
  4. hospitium
  5. hospitiums
  6. hospitize
  7. hospitized
  8. hospitizes
  9. hospitizing
  10. hospo
  11. hospodar

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