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单词 polygamize
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polygamizev.

Brit. /pəˈlɪɡəmʌɪz/, /pɒˈlɪɡəmʌɪz/, U.S. /pəˈlɪɡəˌmaɪz/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– polygamize, 1800s– polygamise.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύγαμος , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύγαμος (see polygamous adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare earlier monogamize v.
rare.
intransitive. To practise polygamy.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [verb (intransitive)] > practise polygamy
polygamize1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 380 Did it not suffize (O lustfull soule) first to polygamize?
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 143 Things which David and Solomon actually did,..making a treaty with Egypt, laying up treasure, and polygamising.
1883 Helena (Montana) Independent 6 Nov. A letter..stating that he has never polygamized.
2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 9 June 10 Anyone who dares to exert their manhood to polygamise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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