witticise in All languages combined

Forms: witticises [present, singular, third-person], witticising [participle, present], witticised [participle, past], witticised [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism. Head templates: {{en-verb}} witticise (third-person singular simple present witticises, present participle witticising, simple past and past participle witticised)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "witticises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "witticise (third-person singular simple present witticises, present participle witticising, simple past and past participle witticised)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique",
          "text": "Here she entertained a learned and decadent group of dissenters who gathered to discuss politics, flirt and witticize.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
      ],
      "id": "en-witticise-en-verb-70OSqdLo",
      "links": [
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          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "wittily",
          "wittily"
        ],
        [
          "indulge",
          "indulge"
        ],
        [
          "witticism",
          "witticism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "witticize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "witticise"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "witticises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witticised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witticise (third-person singular simple present witticises, present participle witticising, simple past and past participle witticised)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique",
          "text": "Here she entertained a learned and decadent group of dissenters who gathered to discuss politics, flirt and witticize.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "wittily",
          "wittily"
        ],
        [
          "indulge",
          "indulge"
        ],
        [
          "witticism",
          "witticism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "witticize"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witticise"
}

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"witticise" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms