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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

seniorize en · VERB

Etymology

From senior + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make/become senior; or to exercise authority; to rule
    • As faire he was, as Cithereas make, / As proud as he, that ſignoriſeth hell, […] 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 46, page 64:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
seniorizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
seniorized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
seniorized Tense=Past lexicographic
seniorizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

lord it over