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serpentize en · VERB

Etymology

From serpent + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
    • September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq. The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale.

Forms

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serpentized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
serpentized Tense=Past lexicographic
serpentizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
serpentizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic