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parabolize

parabolize verb: to speak in parables.

Verb

parabolize (third-person singular simple present parabolizes, present participle parabolizing, simple past and past participle parabolized)

  1. (intransitive) To speak in parables.
  2. (transitive) To make (a mirror etc) parabolic.

Forms of parabolize

third-person singular presentparabolizes
present participleparabolizing
past participleparabolized
pastparabolized
alternative formparabolise

Questions about parabolize

What does parabolize mean?
Parabolize means to speak in parables.
What part of speech is parabolize?
Parabolize is a verb.
What is the past tense of parabolize?
The past tense of parabolize is parabolized.

Words near parabolize in the dictionary

  1. parabolism
  2. parabolist
  3. parabolists
  4. parabolization
  5. parabolizations
  6. parabolize
  7. parabolized
  8. parabolizer
  9. parabolizers
  10. parabolizes
  11. parabolizing

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