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rascalize

rascalize verb: to slander or disparage as a rascal.

Verb

rascalize (third-person singular simple present rascalizes, present participle rascalizing, simple past and past participle rascalized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To slander or disparage as a rascal.
    • "Aye," said I, cutting him short. "there is the rub!—you had not nerve to be thought the friend of a man whom you heard rascalized, though you knew how unjustly,—then, never more be friend of mine!1831, Robert Adair M'Naghten, Miscellaneous Verses, page 193
    • In this game, each temporary victor rascalizes his predecessor and enthrones himself, and this is just what has occurred with Velikovsky's critics. The original Harvard group praised itself but was castigated by Asimov, […]2015, Charles Ginenthal, Stephen J. Gould & Immanuel Velikovsky

Forms of rascalize

third-person singular presentrascalizes
present participlerascalizing
past participlerascalized
pastrascalized

Origin of rascalize

From rascal + -ize.

Questions about rascalize

What does rascalize mean?
Rascalize means to slander or disparage as a rascal.
What part of speech is rascalize?
Rascalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rascalize?
The past tense of rascalize is rascalized.

Words near rascalize in the dictionary

  1. rascalion
  2. rascalions
  3. rascalism
  4. rascalities
  5. rascality
  6. rascalize
  7. rascalized
  8. rascalizes
  9. rascalizing
  10. rascall
  11. rascallier

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