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Definition: Literalize |
LiteralizeVerb1. Make literal; "literalize metaphors". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "literalize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
Note: Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Literalized; present participle verb or noun Literalizing.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Antonym: spiritualize (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Literalize |
| English words defined with "literalize": Literalized, Literalizing. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "literalize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Italian | prendere le cose alla lettera (literalise). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | iteralizelay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "literalize": literalized, literalizes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "literalize" (pronounced 'Lit"er*al*ize'): Abolitionize, Acclimatize, Acetize, Achromatize, Actualize, Adonize, Adulterize, Adverbialize, Africanize, Agatize, Agnize, Agrarianize, Albumenize, Alchemize, Alcoholize, Algebraize, Alkalize, Allotropize, Alphabetize, Aluminize, Amalgamize, Americanize, Amortize, Anabaptize, Anachronize, Anaesthetize, Anagrammatize, Analogize, Anarchize, Anathematize, Anatomize, Angelize, Anglicize, Angurize, Animalize, Annalize, Anthropomorphize, Antipathize, Antiquarianize, Aphetize, Aphorize, Apostatize, Apothegmatize, Apotheosize, Appetize, Apprize, Archaize, Argumentize, Aromatize, Arterialize. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-z" | |
-2 letters: laetrile, laterize. | |
-3 letters: atelier, literal, realize, tallier. | |
-4 letters: elater, illite, lazier, relate, retail, retell, retial, retile, rillet, tailer, taille, taller, teazel, teazle, telial, teller, tiller. | |
-5 letters: aerie, alert, allee, alter, arete, ariel, artel, eater, elate, elite, ileal, ilial, iller, irate, laree, later, litai, liter, litre, ratel, razee, relet, relit, retia, retie, rille, taler, telae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: literalized, literalizes. | |
+2 letters: fertilizable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 74 65 72 61 6C 69 7A 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. - . .-. .- .-.. .. --.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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