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lunatize

lunatize verb: to turn someone into a lunatic.

Verb

lunatize (third-person singular simple present lunatizes, present participle lunatizing, simple past and past participle lunatized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To turn someone into a lunatic.
    • The spiritual disease of the ego which consists in continuously sounding its own note produces madness; and indeed the monotony of it almost lunatizes others also.1893, “The Ascent of Life”, in The Arena, volume 9, page 486
    • He will understand — even if he pretends ignorance, as the idea of being lunatized has never been wholly absent from his mind.1962, Malcolm Elwin, Lord Byron's Wife

Forms of lunatize

third-person singular presentlunatizes
present participlelunatizing
past participlelunatized
pastlunatized

Questions about lunatize

What does lunatize mean?
Lunatize means to turn someone into a lunatic.
What part of speech is lunatize?
Lunatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lunatize?
The past tense of lunatize is lunatized.

Words near lunatize in the dictionary

  1. lunatics
  2. lunatics have taken over the asylum
  3. lunatin
  4. lunation
  5. lunations
  6. lunatize
  7. lunatized
  8. lunatizes
  9. lunatizing
  10. lunato-
  11. lunatocapitate

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