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lethargize

lethargize verb: to make lethargic.

Verb

lethargize (third-person singular simple present lethargizes, present participle lethargizing, simple past and past participle lethargized)

  1. To make lethargic.
    • May 23, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
      All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.

Forms of lethargize

third-person singular presentlethargizes
present participlelethargizing
past participlelethargized
pastlethargized

Origin of lethargize

From lethargy + -ize.

Questions about lethargize

What does lethargize mean?
Lethargize means to make lethargic.
What part of speech is lethargize?
Lethargize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lethargize?
The past tense of lethargize is lethargized.

Words near lethargize in the dictionary

  1. lethargies
  2. lethargise
  3. lethargised
  4. lethargises
  5. lethargising
  6. lethargize
  7. lethargized
  8. lethargizes
  9. lethargizing
  10. lethargogenic
  11. lethargus

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