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proctorize

proctorize is the alternative form of proctorise.

Meaning of proctorise

Verb

proctorise (third-person singular simple present proctorises, present participle proctorising, simple past and past participle proctorised)

  1. (UK, archaic, transitive, university slang) 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

Forms of proctorize

third-person singular presentproctorizes
present participleproctorizing
past participleproctorized
pastproctorized

Questions about proctorize

What is proctorize the alternative form of?
Proctorize is the alternative form of proctorise.

Words near proctorize in the dictionary

  1. proctoring
  2. proctorise
  3. proctorised
  4. proctorises
  5. proctorising
  6. proctorize
  7. proctorized
  8. proctorizes
  9. proctorizing
  10. proctorling
  11. proctorlings

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