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puritanizes

puritanizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of puritanize.

Meaning of puritanize

Verb

puritanize (third-person singular simple present puritanizes, present participle puritanizing, simple past and past participle puritanized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
    • M. PERKINS , in his Probleme though hee ſaine would puritanize it , and ſo goeth on, hanging hoofe againſt hoofe, yet confeſſeth, that the Fathers uſed to arm themſelves againſt the Divell with the ſigne of the Croſſe1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers

Questions about puritanizes

What is puritanizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puritanizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of puritanize.

Words near puritanizes in the dictionary

  1. puritanists
  2. puritanize
  3. puritanized
  4. puritanizer
  5. puritanizers
  6. puritanizes
  7. puritanizing
  8. puritanlike
  9. puritanly
  10. Puritano
  11. Puritanos

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