"literatize" meaning in All languages combined

See literatize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: literatizes [present, singular, third-person], literatizing [participle, present], literatized [participle, past], literatized [past]
Etymology: literate + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|literate|ize}} literate + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} literatize (third-person singular simple present literatizes, present participle literatizing, simple past and past participle literatized)
  1. To make literate; to introduce or increase the incidence of reading and writing.
    Sense id: en-literatize-en-verb-xvJ~xuL3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: literatise
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: literatizes [present, singular, third-person], literatizing [participle, present], literatized [participle, past], literatized [past]
Etymology: literature + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|literature|ize}} literature + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} literatize (third-person singular simple present literatizes, present participle literatizing, simple past and past participle literatized)
  1. To create a body of literature about; to make into a subject that is studied through reading about it.
    Sense id: en-literatize-en-verb-OjzB0m~O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 50 3 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 21 39 14 26
  2. To make literary; to write using a literary style
    Sense id: en-literatize-en-verb-J37sazZQ
  3. To engage in literary pursuits; to read and write literature.
    Sense id: en-literatize-en-verb-fTmJkqiu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: literatise
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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