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syphilize

syphilize verb: to inoculate, or infect with syphilis.

Verb

syphilize (third-person singular simple present syphilizes, present participle syphilizing, simple past and past participle syphilized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To inoculate, or infect with syphilis.

Forms of syphilize

third-person singular presentsyphilizes
present participlesyphilizing
past participlesyphilized
pastsyphilized

Questions about syphilize

What does syphilize mean?
Syphilize means to inoculate, or infect with syphilis.
What part of speech is syphilize?
Syphilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of syphilize?
The past tense of syphilize is syphilized.

Words near syphilize in the dictionary

  1. syphilitic
  2. syphilitically
  3. syphilitics
  4. syphilization
  5. syphilizations
  6. syphilize
  7. syphilized
  8. syphilizes
  9. syphilizing
  10. syphillis
  11. syphilo-

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