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paradigmatize

paradigmatize verb: to set forth as a model or example.

Verb

paradigmatize (third-person singular simple present paradigmatizes, present participle paradigmatizing, simple past and past participle paradigmatized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To set forth as a model or example.
    • those Boukes so paradigmatized by youc. 1644, Henry Hammond, a letter

Forms of paradigmatize

third-person singular presentparadigmatizes
present participleparadigmatizing
past participleparadigmatized
pastparadigmatized

Origin of paradigmatize

From Ancient Greek παραδειγματίζω (paradeigmatízō). By surface analysis, paradigmatic + -ize.

Questions about paradigmatize

What does paradigmatize mean?
Paradigmatize means to set forth as a model or example.
What part of speech is paradigmatize?
Paradigmatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of paradigmatize?
The past tense of paradigmatize is paradigmatized.

Words near paradigmatize in the dictionary

  1. paradigmaticism
  2. paradigmaticisms
  3. paradigmaticity
  4. paradigmaticness
  5. paradigmatics
  6. paradigmatize
  7. paradigmatized
  8. paradigmatizes
  9. paradigmatizing
  10. paradigms
  11. paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde

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