bigotize en · VERB
Etymology
From bigot + -ize.
Meanings
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(intransitive, rare) To be a bigot; act a bigot.
Require not, however shrewd your guess, my acknowledgment of this brain-child; forgive all unintended harms; supply what is lacking in my charities; politically, socially, authorially, think that I bigotize in theoretic fun, but am incarnate Tolerance for practical earnest.
1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Complete Works of Martin F. Tupper, page 169:Do you think it gives you power When you say things you'll regret When you bigotize on someone's thighs That's just what you won't get!
2007, Doug "Ten" Rose, Fearless Puppy on American Road, page 402:
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(rare, transitive) To make a bigot out of.
Outside of this limitation the term has no use but to confuse the public and to exult and bigotise the sceptic.
1911, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bigotise | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| bigotizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bigotized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bigotized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bigotizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |