"bacchanalize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bacchanalizes [present, singular, third-person], bacchanalizing [participle, present], bacchanalized [participle, past], bacchanalized [past]
Etymology: bacchanal + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bacchanal|ize}} bacchanal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} bacchanalize (third-person singular simple present bacchanalizes, present participle bacchanalizing, simple past and past participle bacchanalized)
  1. (intransitive) To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bacchanalize-en-verb-gHGL3BLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 72 28
  2. (transitive) To make riotous and wild. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bacchanalize-en-verb-1oz14vom
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bacchanalise

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