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serpentise

serpentise is the alternative form of serpentize.

Meaning of serpentize

Verb

serpentize (third-person singular simple present serpentizes, present participle serpentizing, simple past and past participle serpentized)

  1. (intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
    • September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.
      The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale.

Forms of serpentise

third-person singular presentserpentises
present participleserpentising
past participleserpentised
pastserpentised

Questions about serpentise

What is serpentise the alternative form of?
Serpentise is the alternative form of serpentize.

Words near serpentise in the dictionary

  1. serpentinizes
  2. serpentinizing
  3. serpentinophyte
  4. serpentinophytes
  5. serpentinous
  6. serpentise
  7. serpentised
  8. serpentises
  9. serpentising
  10. serpentist
  11. serpentists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: serpentise (page history and authors); serpentize (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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