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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

contextomize en · VERB

Etymology

From contextomy + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To quote somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
contextomized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
contextomized Tense=Past lexicographic
contextomizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
contextomizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

dissect · quote mine