synonymize

English

Etymology

synonym +‎ -ize

Verb

synonymize (third-person singular simple present synonymizes, present participle synonymizing, simple past and past participle synonymized)

  1. To express by a synonym or synonyms.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Camden
      This word fortis we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold, daring, intrepid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for synonymize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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