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macarized

macarized is the simple past and past participle of macarize.

Meaning of macarize

Verb

macarize (third-person singular simple present macarizes, present participle macarizing, simple past and past participle macarized)

  1. (dated, formal, transitive) To congratulate or laud; to pronounce blessed or happy.
    • Couldn't I now say that “happy” is not used to describe things, but when I call someone happy I'm really doing this other thing, pragmatically I'm macarizing him?2013, Bernd Prien, David P. Schweikard, Robert Brandom: Analytic Pragmatist, page 192

Questions about macarized

What is macarized the simple past and past participle of?
Macarized is the simple past and past participle of macarize.

Words near macarized in the dictionary

  1. macarising
  2. macarism
  3. macarisms
  4. Macarius
  5. macarize
  6. macarized
  7. macarizes
  8. macarizing
  9. macaron
  10. macaronage
  11. Macaronesia

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