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ignorizing

ignorizing is the present participle and gerund of ignorize.

Meaning of ignorize

Verb

ignorize (third-person singular simple present ignorizes, present participle ignorizing, simple past and past participle ignorized)

  1. (nonce-word) To promote ignorance; to withhold from education.
    • 'Tis a great part of wellbeing to ignorize a good deal of your fellowman's history & not count his warts nor expect the hour when he shall wash his teeth.1964, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson, The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Questions about ignorizing

What is ignorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ignorizing is the present participle and gerund of ignorize.

Words near ignorizing in the dictionary

  1. ignorings
  2. ignorization
  3. ignorize
  4. ignorized
  5. ignorizes
  6. ignorizing
  7. ignorome
  8. ignoromes
  9. ignorosphere
  10. ignortion
  11. ignoscible

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