severalize
severalize verb: to distinguish; to make or treat as several.
Verb
severalize (third-person singular simple present severalizes, present participle severalizing, simple past and past participle severalized)
- To distinguish; to make or treat as several.
- […] there is one and the same Church of Christ, however far disterminate in places, however segregated and infinitely severalized in persons, however differing in rites and circumstances of worship, however squaring in by-opinion.1624, Bishop Joseph Hall, “Introductory”, in The Peace-Maker, section 3: "On the Fundamental Points of Religion"; republished in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God...
- The scanty and montonous diet of the soldier, the difficult country, hot summer, and miasmata, with the familiar instances of Montpelier and Ehrenbreitstein in our memories, suggest to us a community of cause more then sufficient, and only unsatisfactory from a want of definiteness. But is this...1863 April, “Review XII”, in The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, reviewing Elements of Military Hygiene (Elementos de Hygiene Militar) by J[ose] A[ntonio] Marques, 1854, pages 388–389
- Synonyms:
- differentiate
Synonyms of severalize
Forms of severalize
| third-person singular present | severalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | severalizing |
| past participle | severalized |
| past | severalized |
Origin of severalize
From several + -ize.
Questions about severalize
- What does severalize mean?
- Severalize means to distinguish; to make or treat as several.
- What part of speech is severalize?
- Severalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of severalize?
- The past tense of severalize is severalized.
Words near severalize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: severalize (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “severalize.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/severalize. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
