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italicizing

italicizing is the present participle and gerund of italicize.

Meaning of italicize

Verb

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized)

  1. (transitive) To put into italics.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To emphasize.

Questions about italicizing

What is italicizing the present participle and gerund of?
Italicizing is the present participle and gerund of italicize.

Words near italicizing in the dictionary

  1. italicization
  2. italicizations
  3. italicize
  4. italicized
  5. italicizes
  6. italicizing
  7. italick
  8. italicks
  9. italics
  10. Italiot
  11. Italiote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: italicizing (page history and authors); italicize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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