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orthographizes

orthographizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of orthographize.

Meaning of orthographize

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.

Questions about orthographizes

What is orthographizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Orthographizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of orthographize.

Words near orthographizes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthographizes (page history and authors); orthographize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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