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polygamize

polygamize verb: to practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband.

Verb

polygamize (third-person singular simple present polygamizes, present participle polygamizing, simple past and past participle polygamized)

  1. (intransitive) To practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband.
  2. (rare, transitive) To marry (multiple spouses).

Forms of polygamize

third-person singular presentpolygamizes
present participlepolygamizing
past participlepolygamized
pastpolygamized

Origin of polygamize

From polygamy + -ize.

Questions about polygamize

What does polygamize mean?
Polygamize means to practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband.
What part of speech is polygamize?
Polygamize is a verb.
What is the past tense of polygamize?
The past tense of polygamize is polygamized.

Words near polygamize in the dictionary

  1. polygamises
  2. polygamising
  3. polygamist
  4. polygamistic
  5. polygamists
  6. polygamize
  7. polygamized
  8. polygamizes
  9. polygamizing
  10. polygamma function
  11. polygamma functions

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