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seniorize

seniorize verb: to make/become senior; or to exercise authority; to rule.

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

Synonyms of seniorize

Forms of seniorize

third-person singular presentseniorizes
present participleseniorizing
past participleseniorized
pastseniorized

Origin of seniorize

From senior + -ize.

Questions about seniorize

What does seniorize mean?
Seniorize means to make/become senior; or to exercise authority; to rule.
What part of speech is seniorize?
Seniorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of seniorize?
The past tense of seniorize is seniorized.

Words near seniorize in the dictionary

  1. seniorises
  2. seniorising
  3. seniorities
  4. senioritis
  5. seniority
  6. seniorize
  7. seniorized
  8. seniorizes
  9. seniorizing
  10. seniorlike
  11. seniorly

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