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similize

similize verb: to liken; to compare.

Verb

similize (third-person singular simple present similizes, present participle similizing, simple past and past participle similized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To liken; to compare.
    • to similize a person, thing, or act
    • How Calderon would have similized this pretty creature had he ever seen it! How would he have run him up and down the gamut of simile!1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC

Forms of similize

third-person singular presentsimilizes
present participlesimilizing
past participlesimilized
pastsimilized

Questions about similize

What does similize mean?
Similize means to liken; to compare.
What part of speech is similize?
Similize is a verb.
What is the past tense of similize?
The past tense of similize is similized.

Words near similize in the dictionary

  1. similitude
  2. similitudes
  3. similitudinarily
  4. similitudinary
  5. simility
  6. similize
  7. similized
  8. similizes
  9. similizing
  10. simillima
  11. simillimum

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