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physiognomise

physiognomise is the alternative form of physiognomize.

Meaning of physiognomize

Verb

physiognomize (third-person singular simple present physiognomizes, present participle physiognomizing, simple past and past participle physiognomized)

  1. (transitive) To observe and study the physiognomy of (someone).
    • February 24 1796, Robert Southey, letter to Grovesnor C. Bedford Esq.
      I defy you or Mr. Shandy to physiognomize that man's name

Forms of physiognomise

third-person singular presentphysiognomises
present participlephysiognomising
past participlephysiognomised
pastphysiognomised

Questions about physiognomise

What is physiognomise the alternative form of?
Physiognomise is the alternative form of physiognomize.

Words near physiognomise in the dictionary

  1. physiognomic
  2. physiognomical
  3. physiognomically
  4. physiognomics
  5. physiognomies
  6. physiognomise
  7. physiognomised
  8. physiognomises
  9. physiognomising
  10. physiognomist
  11. physiognomists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: physiognomise (page history and authors); physiognomize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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