"cowardize" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cowardize (uncountable)
  1. Obsolete spelling of cowardice. Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: cowardice
    Sense id: en-cowardize-en-noun-YHEvfMoa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: cowardizes [present, singular, third-person], cowardizing [participle, present], cowardized [participle, past], cowardized [past]
Etymology: From coward + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|coward|ize}} coward + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} cowardize (third-person singular simple present cowardizes, present participle cowardizing, simple past and past participle cowardized)
  1. (transitive) To render (someone or something) cowardly, to cause to become a coward. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cowardize-en-verb-j0O91Jk2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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