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seniorise

seniorise is the alternative form of seniorize.

Meaning of seniorize

Verb

seniorize (third-person singular simple present seniorizes, present participle seniorizing, simple past and past participle seniorized)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make/become senior; or to exercise authority; to rule
    • As faire he was, as Cithereas make, / As proud as he, that ſignoriſeth hell, […]1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
    Synonyms:
    lord it over

Forms of seniorise

third-person singular presentseniorises
present participleseniorising
past participleseniorised
pastseniorised

Questions about seniorise

What is seniorise the alternative form of?
Seniorise is the alternative form of seniorize.

Words near seniorise in the dictionary

  1. senior warrant officer
  2. Senior-Løken syndrome
  3. seniorest
  4. seniorhood
  5. seniories
  6. seniorise
  7. seniorised
  8. seniorises
  9. seniorising
  10. seniorities
  11. senioritis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seniorise (page history and authors); seniorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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