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mannerize

mannerize verb: to perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.

Verb

mannerize (third-person singular simple present mannerizes, present participle mannerizing, simple past and past participle mannerized)

  1. (transitive) To perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.
  2. (transitive) To adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.
    • She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of mannerize

third-person singular presentmannerizes
present participlemannerizing
past participlemannerized
pastmannerized

Origin of mannerize

From manner + -ize.

Questions about mannerize

What does mannerize mean?
Mannerize means to perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.
What part of speech is mannerize?
Mannerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of mannerize?
The past tense of mannerize is mannerized.

Words near mannerize in the dictionary

  1. mannerist
  2. manneristic
  3. manneristically
  4. mannerists
  5. mannerization
  6. mannerize
  7. mannerized
  8. mannerizes
  9. mannerizing
  10. mannerless
  11. mannerlessly

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