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SATIRIZE
satirize, satirise, lampoon
(verb) ridicule with satire; “The writer satirized the politician’s proposal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
satirize (third-person singular simple present satirizes, present participle satirizing, simple past and past participle satirized)
To make a satire of; to mock.
Source: Wiktionary
Sat"ir*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satirized; p. pr. & vb. n. Satirizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. satiriser.]
Definition: To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm. It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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