"Byronize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Byronizes [present, singular, third-person], Byronizing [participle, present], Byronized [participle, past], Byronized [past]
Etymology: Byron + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Byron|ize}} Byron + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Byronize (third-person singular simple present Byronizes, present participle Byronizing, simple past and past participle Byronized)
  1. To make something, or someone, more Byronic
    Sense id: en-Byronize-en-verb-8cTYczo6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47
  2. To look at the world as if one were a Byronic character Translations (to look at the world as if one were a Byronic character): bajronizować [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Byronize-en-verb-4LkK6W5x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to look at the world as if one were a Byronic character': 8 92

Inflected forms

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