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proverbializing

proverbializing is the present participle and gerund of proverbialize.

Meaning of proverbialize

Verb

proverbialize (third-person singular simple present proverbializes, present participle proverbializing, simple past and past participle proverbialized)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a proverb.
  2. (intransitive) To speak in proverbs.

Questions about proverbializing

What is proverbializing the present participle and gerund of?
Proverbializing is the present participle and gerund of proverbialize.

Words near proverbializing in the dictionary

  1. proverbialists
  2. proverbiality
  3. proverbialize
  4. proverbialized
  5. proverbializes
  6. proverbializing
  7. proverbially
  8. proverbialness
  9. proverbials
  10. proverbic
  11. proverbing

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