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parenthesise

parenthesise is the alternative form of parenthesize.

Meaning of parenthesize

Verb

parenthesize (third-person singular simple present parenthesizes, present participle parenthesizing, simple past and past participle parenthesized)

  1. To place text in parentheses.
    • When a wholly detached expression or sentence is parenthesized, the final stop comes before the last mark of parenthesis.1918, William Strunk Jr., Elements of Style, Ithaca, N.Y.: Priv. print. [Geneva, N.Y.: Press of W. F. Humphrey], http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html
  2. To interject.
    • "Heaven grant it!" parenthesized Lord Rushbrook.1871, Alexander Innes Shand, Against Time, Littell & Gay, p. 66, https://books.google.ca/books?id=BS8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%22&dq=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%2...

Forms of parenthesise

third-person singular presentparenthesises
present participleparenthesising
past participleparenthesised
pastparenthesised

Questions about parenthesise

What is parenthesise the alternative form of?
Parenthesise is the alternative form of parenthesize.

Words near parenthesise in the dictionary

  1. parenthese
  2. parentheses
  3. parenthesis
  4. parenthesis-point
  5. parenthesis-points
  6. parenthesise
  7. parenthesised
  8. parenthesises
  9. parenthesising
  10. parenthesization
  11. parenthesizations

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