ITALICIZE

italicize, italicise

(verb) print in italics

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized) (transitive)

(typography) To put into italics.

(figuratively) To emphasize.

Source: Wiktionary

I*tal"i*cize, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Italicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Italicizing.]

Definition: To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition