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puppetize

puppetize verb: to reduce (a person) to a puppet or mouthpiece for oneself.

Verb

puppetize (third-person singular simple present puppetizes, present participle puppetizing, simple past and past participle puppetized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce (a person) to a puppet or mouthpiece for oneself.
  2. (transitive) To configure (a system) using the Puppet software configuration management tool.

Forms of puppetize

third-person singular presentpuppetizes
present participlepuppetizing
past participlepuppetized
pastpuppetized

Origin of puppetize

From puppet + -ize.

Questions about puppetize

What does puppetize mean?
Puppetize means to reduce (a person) to a puppet or mouthpiece for oneself.
What part of speech is puppetize?
Puppetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of puppetize?
The past tense of puppetize is puppetized.

Words near puppetize in the dictionary

  1. puppeteers
  2. puppethood
  3. puppeting
  4. puppetish
  5. puppetism
  6. puppetize
  7. puppetized
  8. puppetizes
  9. puppetizing
  10. puppetless
  11. puppetlike

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