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psalmodize

psalmodize verb: to write or sing psalms.

Verb

psalmodize (third-person singular simple present psalmodizes, present participle psalmodizing, simple past and past participle psalmodized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To write or sing psalms.
    • the psalmodizing arta. 1769, John Gilbert Cooper (translating Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset), "Ver-Vert" Canto 2
    • if their [the Jews'] religion had been the established religion, the aforesaid psalmodising would have been characterized with the name of "mauscheln".1871, Heinrich Heine, translated by Charles Godfrey Leland, Pictures of Travel

Forms of psalmodize

third-person singular presentpsalmodizes
present participlepsalmodizing
past participlepsalmodized
pastpsalmodized

Origin of psalmodize

From psalmody + -ize.

Questions about psalmodize

What does psalmodize mean?
Psalmodize means to write or sing psalms.
What part of speech is psalmodize?
Psalmodize is a verb.
What is the past tense of psalmodize?
The past tense of psalmodize is psalmodized.

Words near psalmodize in the dictionary

  1. psalmodised
  2. psalmodises
  3. psalmodising
  4. psalmodist
  5. psalmodists
  6. psalmodize
  7. psalmodized
  8. psalmodizes
  9. psalmodizing
  10. psalmody
  11. psalmodying

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