proctorise
proctorise verb: to summon (a person) before the proctor of a university.
Verb
proctorise (third-person singular simple present proctorises, present participle proctorising, simple past and past participle proctorised)
- To summon (a person) before the proctor of a university.
- From that moment one of two courses remained open to him,—marriage, the loss of his fellowship, with probably children, and nothing to eat; or patience, the common-room cheer, holy orders, and a living in his turn. He chose the latter, jilted the young girl who had fallen for him, for one of those...1857, Ernest Richard Seymour, The Curate of Holycross, page 4
- "I was sure to find some of you. Besides, I'll admit one don't like to go in while there's any chance of a real row as you call it, and so gets proctorized in one's old age for one's patriotism."1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1883, pages 129–130
Forms of proctorise
| third-person singular present | proctorises |
|---|---|
| present participle | proctorising |
| past participle | proctorised |
| past | proctorised |
| alternative form | proctorize |
Origin of proctorise
From proctor + -ise.
Questions about proctorise
- What does proctorise mean?
- Proctorise means to summon (a person) before the proctor of a university.
- What part of speech is proctorise?
- Proctorise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of proctorise?
- The past tense of proctorise is proctorised.
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