FANATICIZE

Etymology

Verb

fanaticize (third-person singular simple present fanaticizes, present participle fanaticizing, simple past and past participle fanaticized)

(transitive) To make into a fanatic.

(intransitive) To become fanatical.

Source: Wiktionary


Fa*nat"i*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanaticized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fanaticizing.]

Definition: To cause to become a fanatic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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