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martyrise

martyrise is the alternative form of martyrize.

Meaning of martyrize

Verb

martyrize (third-person singular simple present martyrizes, present participle martyrizing, simple past and past participle martyrized)

  1. (transitive) To make a martyr of (someone).
    • The Roman emperor Decius is mainly remembered for the many Christians martyrized on his orders
    Synonyms:
    martyr

Forms of martyrise

third-person singular presentmartyrises
present participlemartyrising
past participlemartyrised
pastmartyrised

Questions about martyrise

What is martyrise the alternative form of?
Martyrise is the alternative form of martyrize.

Words near martyrise in the dictionary

  1. martyring
  2. martyrion
  3. martyrions
  4. martyrisation
  5. martyrisations
  6. martyrise
  7. martyrised
  8. martyrises
  9. martyrish
  10. martyrising
  11. martyrism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martyrise (page history and authors); martyrize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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