"thesaurize" meaning in All languages combined

See thesaurize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: thesaurizes [present, singular, third-person], thesaurizing [participle, present], thesaurized [participle, past], thesaurized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)
  1. To hoard (typically treasure)
    Sense id: en-thesaurize-en-verb-4xAfJTfm
  2. To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations
    Sense id: en-thesaurize-en-verb-WZyE~VfT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: thesaurization
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