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Oslerize

Oslerize verb: to euthanize a person as a consequence of their having reached old age.

Verb

Oslerize (third-person singular simple present Oslerizes, present participle Oslerizing, simple past and past participle Oslerized)

  1. (transitive) To euthanize a person as a consequence of their having reached old age.

Forms of Oslerize

third-person singular presentOslerizes
present participleOslerizing
past participleOslerized
pastOslerized

Origin of Oslerize

From Osler + -ize, after Dr. William Osler.

Questions about Oslerize

What does Oslerize mean?
Oslerize means to euthanize a person as a consequence of their having reached old age.
What part of speech is Oslerize?
Oslerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Oslerize?
The past tense of Oslerize is Oslerized.

Words near Oslerize in the dictionary

  1. Osler-Rendu-Weber disease
  2. Osler-Vaquez disease
  3. Osler-Weber-Rendu disease
  4. oslerian
  5. Oslerization
  6. Oslerize
  7. Oslerized
  8. Oslerizes
  9. Oslerizing
  10. Osleston
  11. Osleston and Thurvaston

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