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tactilize

tactilize verb: to form a (mental or other) representation of what something feels like to the touch.

Verb

tactilize (third-person singular simple present tactilizes, present participle tactilizing, simple past and past participle tactilized)

  1. To form a (mental or other) representation of what something feels like to the touch.
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Forms of tactilize

third-person singular presenttactilizes
present participletactilizing
past participletactilized
pasttactilized

Origin of tactilize

From tactile + -ize, on the model of visualize.

Questions about tactilize

What does tactilize mean?
Tactilize means to form a (mental or other) representation of what something feels like to the touch.
What part of speech is tactilize?
Tactilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tactilize?
The past tense of tactilize is tactilized.

Words near tactilize in the dictionary

  1. tactilised
  2. tactilises
  3. tactilising
  4. tactilities
  5. tactility
  6. tactilize
  7. tactilized
  8. tactilizes
  9. tactilizing
  10. tactilogram
  11. tactilograms

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