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ptyalize

ptyalize verb: to spit.

Verb

ptyalize (third-person singular simple present ptyalizes, present participle ptyalizing, simple past and past participle ptyalized)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To spit.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To salivate.

Forms of ptyalize

third-person singular presentptyalizes
present participleptyalizing
past participleptyalized
pastptyalized

Origin of ptyalize

From Ancient Greek πτυαλίζω (ptualízō, “salivate”).

Questions about ptyalize

What does ptyalize mean?
Ptyalize means to spit.
What part of speech is ptyalize?
Ptyalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ptyalize?
The past tense of ptyalize is ptyalized.

Words near ptyalize in the dictionary

  1. ptyalised
  2. ptyalises
  3. ptyalising
  4. ptyalism
  5. ptyalisms
  6. ptyalize
  7. ptyalized
  8. ptyalizes
  9. ptyalizing
  10. ptyalogogue
  11. ptyalogogues

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