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sophronize

sophronize verb: to imbue with moral principles or self-control.

Verb

sophronize (third-person singular simple present sophronizes, present participle sophronizing, simple past and past participle sophronized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To imbue with moral principles or self-control.

Forms of sophronize

third-person singular presentsophronizes
present participlesophronizing
past participlesophronized
pastsophronized

Origin of sophronize

From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “temperate, prudent, of sound mind”) + -ize.

Questions about sophronize

What does sophronize mean?
Sophronize means to imbue with moral principles or self-control.
What part of speech is sophronize?
Sophronize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sophronize?
The past tense of sophronize is sophronized.

Words near sophronize in the dictionary

  1. sophrologist
  2. sophrologists
  3. sophrology
  4. sophron
  5. Sophronia
  6. sophronize
  7. sophronized
  8. sophronizes
  9. sophronizing
  10. sophrosyne
  11. sophs

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