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orthographize

orthographize verb: to spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.

Verb

orthographize (third-person singular simple present orthographizes, present participle orthographizing, simple past and past participle orthographized)

  1. (transitive) To spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.
  2. (transitive) To correct in regard to spelling.
    • "In the" coalesced into "ith", which modern reaction has orthographized to "i' th".1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
  3. (transitive) To devise a writing system for a language.

Forms of orthographize

third-person singular presentorthographizes
present participleorthographizing
past participleorthographized
pastorthographized

Origin of orthographize

From orthography + -ize.

Questions about orthographize

What does orthographize mean?
Orthographize means to spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.
What part of speech is orthographize?
Orthographize is a verb.
What is the past tense of orthographize?
The past tense of orthographize is orthographized.

Words near orthographize in the dictionary

  1. orthographised
  2. orthographises
  3. orthographising
  4. orthographist
  5. orthographists
  6. orthographize
  7. orthographized
  8. orthographizes
  9. orthographizing
  10. orthographs
  11. orthography

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