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macarizing

macarizing is the present participle and gerund 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 macarizing

What is macarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Macarizing is the present participle and gerund of macarize.

Words near macarizing in the dictionary

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

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