tropologize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /tɹəˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/
Etymology
From tropology + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To use (a word) in a tropological sense; to make into a trope.
If […] Minerva be tropologized into prudence
1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tropologizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tropologized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tropologized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tropologizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |