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vestigialize

vestigialize verb: to convert to a vestigial form.

Verb

vestigialize (third-person singular simple present vestigializes, present participle vestigializing, simple past and past participle vestigialized)

  1. To convert to a vestigial form

Forms of vestigialize

third-person singular presentvestigializes
present participlevestigializing
past participlevestigialized
pastvestigialized

Questions about vestigialize

What does vestigialize mean?
Vestigialize means to convert to a vestigial form.
What part of speech is vestigialize?
Vestigialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of vestigialize?
The past tense of vestigialize is vestigialized.

Words near vestigialize in the dictionary

  1. vestigial structure
  2. vestigial structures
  3. vestigiality
  4. vestigialization
  5. vestigializations
  6. vestigialize
  7. vestigialized
  8. vestigially
  9. vestigials
  10. Vestigian
  11. vestigiary

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