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oxytonize

oxytonize verb: to make a word oxytone by dropping the main stress on the final syllable.

Verb

oxytonize (third-person singular simple present oxytonizes, present participle oxytonizing, simple past and past participle oxytonized)

  1. To make a word oxytone by dropping the main stress on the final syllable

Forms of oxytonize

third-person singular presentoxytonizes
present participleoxytonizing
past participleoxytonized
pastoxytonized

Origin of oxytonize

From oxytone + -ize.

Questions about oxytonize

What does oxytonize mean?
Oxytonize means to make a word oxytone by dropping the main stress on the final syllable.
What part of speech is oxytonize?
Oxytonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oxytonize?
The past tense of oxytonize is oxytonized.

Words near oxytonize in the dictionary

  1. oxytonergic
  2. oxytones
  3. oxytonesis
  4. oxytonic
  5. oxytonical
  6. oxytonize
  7. oxytonous
  8. oxytrauma
  9. oxytraumas
  10. oxytrichid
  11. oxytrichids

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