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nostalgize

nostalgize verb: to treat nostalgically.

Verb

nostalgize (third-person singular simple present nostalgizes, present participle nostalgizing, simple past and past participle nostalgized)

  1. (transitive) To treat nostalgically.
  2. (intransitive) To revel in nostalgia.
    • Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.2007 September 10, Melena Ryzik, “The Last Night of Misshapes: Hip, Post-New-Wave and Through”, in New York Times

Forms of nostalgize

third-person singular presentnostalgizes
present participlenostalgizing
past participlenostalgized
pastnostalgized

Origin of nostalgize

From nostalgia + -ize.

Questions about nostalgize

What does nostalgize mean?
Nostalgize means to treat nostalgically.
What part of speech is nostalgize?
Nostalgize is a verb.
What is the past tense of nostalgize?
The past tense of nostalgize is nostalgized.

Words near nostalgize in the dictionary

  1. nostalgises
  2. nostalgising
  3. nostalgism
  4. nostalgist
  5. nostalgists
  6. nostalgize
  7. nostalgized
  8. nostalgizes
  9. nostalgizing
  10. nostalgy
  11. Nostell

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