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infamize

infamize verb: to make infamous; to defame or smear.

Verb

infamize (third-person singular simple present infamizes, present participle infamizing, simple past and past participle infamized)

  1. (transitive) To make infamous; to defame or smear.
    • Or is some knot of riotous slanderers leagued
      To infamize the name of the King's brother
      With a lie black as Hell?1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Zapolya

Synonyms of infamize

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Forms of infamize

third-person singular presentinfamizes
present participleinfamizing
past participleinfamized
pastinfamized

Origin of infamize

From infamy + -ize.

Questions about infamize

What does infamize mean?
Infamize means to make infamous; to defame or smear.
What part of speech is infamize?
Infamize is a verb.
What is the past tense of infamize?
The past tense of infamize is infamized.

Words near infamize in the dictionary

  1. infamised
  2. infamises
  3. infamising
  4. infamita
  5. infamitas
  6. infamize
  7. infamized
  8. infamizes
  9. infamizing
  10. infamonise
  11. infamonize

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