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olfactorize

olfactorize verb: to form a mental representation of what something smells like.

Verb

olfactorize (third-person singular simple present olfactorizes, present participle olfactorizing, simple past and past participle olfactorized)

  1. To form a mental representation of what something smells like.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:olfactorize.

Forms of olfactorize

third-person singular presentolfactorizes
present participleolfactorizing
past participleolfactorized
pastolfactorized

Origin of olfactorize

From olfactory + -ize, on the model of visualize.

Questions about olfactorize

What does olfactorize mean?
Olfactorize means to form a mental representation of what something smells like.
What part of speech is olfactorize?
Olfactorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of olfactorize?
The past tense of olfactorize is olfactorized.

Words near olfactorize in the dictionary

  1. olfactorily
  2. olfactorise
  3. olfactorised
  4. olfactorises
  5. olfactorising
  6. olfactorize
  7. olfactorized
  8. olfactorizes
  9. olfactorizing
  10. olfactors
  11. olfactory

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