"eccentrize" meaning in English

See eccentrize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: eccentrizes [present, singular, third-person], eccentrizing [participle, present], eccentrized [participle, past], eccentrized [past]
Etymology: From eccentric + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eccentric|ize}} eccentric + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} eccentrize (third-person singular simple present eccentrizes, present participle eccentrizing, simple past and past participle eccentrized)
  1. To make eccentric.

Inflected forms

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