SYNONYMIZE

Etymology

Verb

synonymize (third-person singular simple present synonymizes, present participle synonymizing, simple past and past participle synonymized)

To express by a synonym or synonyms.

(taxonomy) To identify two taxonomic terms as synonyms, thus equating two potentially disparate categories.

Source: Wiktionary


Syn*on"y*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Synonymized; p. pr. & vb. n. Synonymizing.]

Definition: To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to. This word "fortis" we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold, daring, intrepid. Camden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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