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signiorizing

signiorizing is the present participle and gerund of signiorize.

Meaning of signiorize

Verb

signiorize (third-person singular simple present signiorizes, present participle signiorizing, simple past and past participle signiorized)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To exercise dominion; to seigniorize.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.
    • then should those of this beautifull damzell presently signiorize my liberty1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about signiorizing

What is signiorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Signiorizing is the present participle and gerund of signiorize.

Words near signiorizing in the dictionary

  1. signior
  2. signiories
  3. signiorize
  4. signiorized
  5. signiorizes
  6. signiorizing
  7. signiors
  8. signiorship
  9. signiorships
  10. signiory
  11. signiphorid

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