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scepticise

scepticise is the alternative form of skepticize.

Meaning of skepticize

Verb

skepticize (third-person singular simple present skepticizes, present participle skepticizing, simple past and past participle skepticized)

  1. To doubt; to be skeptical
    • to skepticize, where no one else will […] hesitate1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody”, in Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, volume II, London, published 1732

Forms of scepticise

third-person singular presentscepticises
present participlescepticising
past participlescepticised
pastscepticised

Questions about scepticise

What is scepticise the alternative form of?
Scepticise is the alternative form of skepticize.

Words near scepticise in the dictionary

  1. sceptic
  2. sceptical
  3. scepticality
  4. sceptically
  5. scepticalness
  6. scepticise
  7. scepticised
  8. scepticises
  9. scepticising
  10. scepticism
  11. scepticisms

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