apophthegmatizeapothegmatizev.
/apəʊˈθɛɡmətʌɪz/ To write or speak in apophthegms.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > speak in maxims [verb (intransitive)]
to sentence it1628
saw1648
aphorize1669
axiomatize1716
apophthegmatize1818
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Apothegmatize.
Derivatives
apophthegmatizing n. and adj.
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1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. (Dublin ed.) I. Pref. (R.) This sententious apothegmatizing style.
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