seniorize en · VERB
Etymology
From senior + -ize.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seniorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| seniorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| seniorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| seniorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |