"italicize" meaning in English

See italicize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-italicize.wav Forms: italicizes [present, singular, third-person], italicizing [participle, present], italicized [participle, past], italicized [past], italicise [alternative]
enPR: ĭ-tăl'ĭ-sīz' Etymology: From italic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|italic|ize}} italic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. (typography) To put into italics. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Typography Translations (to put into italics): kursivere (Danish), cursiveren (Dutch), kursivoida (Finnish), kurzivál (Hungarian), kursivigar (Ido), whakaitāriana (Maori), pochylać (Polish), pisać kursywą (Polish), grifar (Portuguese), italiquizar (Spanish), italicizar (Spanish), kursivera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-italicize-en-verb-vV5DMCUX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'to put into italics': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) To emphasize. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-italicize-en-verb-i1546pcE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: italicization, unitalicize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To put into italics."
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