NEOTERIZE

Etymology

Verb

neoterize (third-person singular simple present neoterizes, present participle neoterizing, simple past and past participle neoterized)

(intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.

(intransitive) to modernize.

Source: Wiktionary


Ne*ot"er*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neoterized.] Etym: [Gr.

Definition: To innovate; to coin or introduce new words. Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. fized. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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