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pathetize

pathetize verb: to hypnotize.

Verb

pathetize (third-person singular simple present pathetizes, present participle pathetizing, simple past and past participle pathetized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To hypnotize.

Forms of pathetize

third-person singular presentpathetizes
present participlepathetizing
past participlepathetized
pastpathetized

Questions about pathetize

What does pathetize mean?
Pathetize means to hypnotize.
What part of speech is pathetize?
Pathetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pathetize?
The past tense of pathetize is pathetized.

Words near pathetize in the dictionary

  1. pathetique
  2. pathetisad
  3. pathetism
  4. pathetist
  5. pathetists
  6. pathetize
  7. pathetized
  8. pathetizer
  9. pathetizers
  10. pathetizes
  11. pathetizing

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