"vanitize" meaning in All languages combined

See vanitize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: vanitizes [present, singular, third-person], vanitizing [participle, present], vanitized [participle, past], vanitized [past]
Etymology: From vanity + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vanity|ize}} vanity + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} vanitize (third-person singular simple present vanitizes, present participle vanitizing, simple past and past participle vanitized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To embellish for reasons of vanity. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-vanitize-en-verb-z6VRGIg7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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