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phrenologize, v.|frɪˈnɒlədʒaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
1. trans. To treat or locate phrenologically.
b. humorous. To produce ‘bumps’ or protuberances (on the head) by blows.
1848Blackw. Mag. LXIII. 262 You emerged with a broken hat, and a head phrenologised by a blacking bottle. 1858J. W. Donaldson Lit. Greece III. 13 He not only made the soul a mere function of the body, but even phrenologized it by placing it in the forehead.
2. To examine or analyse phrenologically.
1860O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. viii, It only remained to be phrenologized. 1895Daily News 22 Nov. 4/7 Burns's skull was phrenologised. |