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sycophantize

sycophantize verb: to act like a sycophant.

Verb

sycophantize (third-person singular simple present sycophantizes, present participle sycophantizing, simple past and past participle sycophantized)

  1. (archaic) To act like a sycophant.

Forms of sycophantize

third-person singular presentsycophantizes
present participlesycophantizing
past participlesycophantized
pastsycophantized

Origin of sycophantize

From sycophant + -ize.

Questions about sycophantize

What does sycophantize mean?
Sycophantize means to act like a sycophant.
What part of speech is sycophantize?
Sycophantize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sycophantize?
The past tense of sycophantize is sycophantized.

Words near sycophantize in the dictionary

  1. sycophantish
  2. sycophantishly
  3. sycophantising
  4. sycophantism
  5. sycophantisms
  6. sycophantize
  7. sycophantized
  8. sycophantizes
  9. sycophantizing
  10. sycophantly
  11. sycophantry

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