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monasticize

monasticize verb: to make monastic.

Verb

monasticize (third-person singular simple present monasticizes, present participle monasticizing, simple past and past participle monasticized)

  1. (transitive) To make monastic.

Forms of monasticize

third-person singular presentmonasticizes
present participlemonasticizing
past participlemonasticized
pastmonasticized

Origin of monasticize

From monastic + -ize.

Questions about monasticize

What does monasticize mean?
Monasticize means to make monastic.
What part of speech is monasticize?
Monasticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of monasticize?
The past tense of monasticize is monasticized.

Words near monasticize in the dictionary

  1. monasticism
  2. monasticisms
  3. monasticist
  4. monasticists
  5. monasticization
  6. monasticize
  7. monasticized
  8. monasticizes
  9. monasticizing
  10. monastick
  11. monasticks

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