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vanitize

vanitize verb: to embellish for reasons of vanity.

Verb

vanitize (third-person singular simple present vanitizes, present participle vanitizing, simple past and past participle vanitized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To embellish for reasons of vanity.
    • "I told her she was a great goose," said Goda, who like a sensible being was snugly tucked up in bed; "it is a great deal too cold to vanitize."1876, Fontnell S. Chad: A Reminiscence, J. Masters and Co., page 43, […] when I went up to administer to Carrie a small lecture on imprudence, the vain child was still at the glass, trying the effect...
    • I don't defend, offend or vanitize my body or appearance so compliments or insults in that area go over my head and past me.2006 September 27, <aine_nicneven@hotmail.com>, “Re: ainshe niceneven”, in alt.religion.druid (Usenet)

Forms of vanitize

third-person singular presentvanitizes
present participlevanitizing
past participlevanitized
pastvanitized

Origin of vanitize

From vanity + -ize.

Questions about vanitize

What does vanitize mean?
Vanitize means to embellish for reasons of vanity.
What part of speech is vanitize?
Vanitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of vanitize?
The past tense of vanitize is vanitized.

Words near vanitize in the dictionary

  1. Vanita
  2. vanitas
  3. vanitases
  4. vanities
  5. vanitiolide
  6. vanitize
  7. vanitized
  8. vanitizes
  9. vanitizing
  10. vanitories
  11. vanitory

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