melancholize
melancholize verb: to make melancholy.
Verb
melancholize (third-person singular simple present melancholizes, present participle melancholizing, simple past and past participle melancholized)
- To make melancholy.
- To be melancholy; to be consumed by sad thoughts.
- Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 88
- if we be not otherwise well employed, we shall be apt, in our thoughts, to melancholize, and dote upon our mischances.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
Forms of melancholize
| third-person singular present | melancholizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | melancholizing |
| past participle | melancholized |
| past | melancholized |
| alternative form | melancholise |
Origin of melancholize
From melancholy + -ize, probably after French méancoliser.
Questions about melancholize
- What does melancholize mean?
- Melancholize means to make melancholy.
- What part of speech is melancholize?
- Melancholize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of melancholize?
- The past tense of melancholize is melancholized.
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