"thesaurize" meaning in English

See thesaurize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: thesaurizes [present, singular, third-person], thesaurizing [participle, present], thesaurized [participle, past], thesaurized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)
  1. To hoard (typically treasure) Related terms: thesaurization
    Sense id: en-thesaurize-en-verb-4xAfJTfm

Verb

Forms: thesaurizes [present, singular, third-person], thesaurizing [participle, present], thesaurized [participle, past], thesaurized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)
  1. To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations
    Sense id: en-thesaurize-en-verb-WZyE~VfT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

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