tenebrize
tenebrize verb: to dwell in darkness.
Verb
tenebrize (third-person singular simple present tenebrizes, present participle tenebrizing, simple past and past participle tenebrized)
- To dwell in darkness.
- you of the Laity, for tenebrizing, for your Conventicles;1648, Paul Knell, Israel and England paralelled, etc, page 17
- That I had not a line or two from your hand by Mr. D. I suppose was rather mischance then intention: that I eagerly expected it may be credited from my frequent importunities, from which I know not how you will defend your self, so long as I tenebrize it here in this blind corner, where I almost...1662, Robert Loveday, Loveday's letters, domestick and forreign, page 68
- To make dark and shadowy.
- The overall atmosphere is not merely murky but tenebrized and quite literally night-soaked.2006, Dani Cavallaro, “Oshii’s Technopolitics”, in The cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology, and Politics, Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 139
Forms of tenebrize
| third-person singular present | tenebrizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | tenebrizing |
| past participle | tenebrized |
| past | tenebrized |
Origin of tenebrize
From Latin tenebrae (“darkness”) + -ize.
Questions about tenebrize
- What does tenebrize mean?
- Tenebrize means to dwell in darkness.
- What part of speech is tenebrize?
- Tenebrize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of tenebrize?
- The past tense of tenebrize is tenebrized.
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