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sluggardizes

sluggardizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sluggardize.

Meaning of sluggardize

Verb

sluggardize (third-person singular simple present sluggardizes, present participle sluggardizing, simple past and past participle sluggardized)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To make lazy.
    • living dully sluggardized at homec. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about sluggardizes

What is sluggardizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sluggardizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sluggardize.

Words near sluggardizes in the dictionary

  1. sluggardised
  2. sluggardises
  3. sluggardising
  4. sluggardize
  5. sluggardized
  6. sluggardizes
  7. sluggardizing
  8. sluggardliness
  9. sluggardly
  10. sluggardness
  11. sluggards

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