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scandalise en · VERB

Etymology

From scandal + -ise.

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.
    alt of scandalize
    • She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order. 2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63:
    • He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it. 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
scandalises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
scandalised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
scandalised Tense=Past lexicographic
scandalising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic