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plebeianize

plebeianize verb: to make plebeian, common, or vulgar.

Verb

plebeianize (third-person singular simple present plebeianizes, present participle plebeianizing, simple past and past participle plebeianized)

  1. (transitive) To make plebeian, common, or vulgar.

Forms of plebeianize

third-person singular presentplebeianizes
present participleplebeianizing
past participleplebeianized
pastplebeianized

Origin of plebeianize

From plebeian + -ize.

Questions about plebeianize

What does plebeianize mean?
Plebeianize means to make plebeian, common, or vulgar.
What part of speech is plebeianize?
Plebeianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of plebeianize?
The past tense of plebeianize is plebeianized.

Words near plebeianize in the dictionary

  1. plebeianises
  2. plebeianising
  3. plebeianism
  4. plebeianisms
  5. plebeianization
  6. plebeianize
  7. plebeianized
  8. plebeianizes
  9. plebeianizing
  10. plebeianly
  11. plebeianness

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