"humorize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: humorizes [present, singular, third-person], humorizing [participle, present], humorized [participle, past], humorized [past]
Etymology: humor + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|humor|ize}} humor + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} humorize (third-person singular simple present humorizes, present participle humorizing, simple past and past participle humorized)
  1. (rare, transitive) To humor someone. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-humorize-en-verb-I~q0RCUv
  2. (rare, transitive) To make (an often-serious topic) humorous. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-humorize-en-verb-7Yfm0wuV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humorise [UK], humourise, humourize

Inflected forms

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