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Euphemize

Definition: Euphemize

Euphemize

Verb

1. Refer to something with a euphemism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Euphemize \Eu"phe*mize\, transitive and intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Euphemized; present participle verb or noun Euphemizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Euphemize

English words defined with "euphemize": Euphemized, Euphemizing. (references)

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Modern Translations: Euphemize

Language Translations for "euphemize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

usare eufemismi (euphemise). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

euphemizeay

   

Turkish

  

edebikelâm ile yazmak, örtmece kullanmak. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Euphemize

Derivations

Words beginning with "euphemize": euphemized, euphemizer, euphemizers, euphemizes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Euphemize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: euphemise, euphimize. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Euphemize"

Words rhyming with "euphemize" (pronounced 'Eu"phe*mize'): Alchemize, Amalgamize, Anatomize, Astronomize, Bromize, Desynonymize, Dolomize, Epitomize, Infamize, legitimize, maximize, minimize, Pessimize, Phlebotomize, Physiognomize, Polygamize, Synonymize. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Euphemize

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-m-p-u-z"

-3 letters: hempie, imphee.

-4 letters: heeze.

-5 letters: emeu, epee, heme, hemp, hump, meze, phiz.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-i-m-p-u-z"
 

+1 letter: euphemized, euphemizer, euphemizes.

 

+2 letters: euphemizers.

 

+5 letters: underemphasize.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Euphemize


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 75 70 68 65 6D 69 7A 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    ..-    .--.    ....    .    --    ..    --..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110101 01110000 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001 01111010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#117 &#112 &#104 &#101 &#109 &#105 &#122 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0075 0070 0068 0065 006D 0069 007A 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

398782747179759271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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