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signorise

signorise verb: seigniorize.

Verb

signorise (third-person singular simple present signorises, present participle signorising, simple past and past participle signorised)

  1. (obsolete) seigniorize.
    • The planets mild their lamps benign quench'd out, / And cruel stars in heav'n did signorise, // Whose influence cast fiery flames about, / And hot impressions through the earth and skies.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, liii

Forms of signorise

third-person singular presentsignorises
present participlesignorising
past participlesignorised
pastsignorised

Origin of signorise

From signor + -ise.

Questions about signorise

What does signorise mean?
Signorise means seigniorize.
What part of speech is signorise?
Signorise is a verb.
What is the past tense of signorise?
The past tense of signorise is signorised.

Words near signorise in the dictionary

  1. signorial
  2. signories
  3. signorina
  4. signorinas
  5. signorine
  6. signorise
  7. signors
  8. signorship
  9. signorships
  10. signory
  11. signout

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