similarizev.

Brit.

/ˈsɪm(ᵻ)lərʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmələˌraɪz/

Forms: 1700s– similarise, 1800s– similarize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: similar adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < similar adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier similize v.

rare.

†1. transitive. Apparently: to assimilate. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1768 Every Man his own Brewer 202 Yeast is an open spungy body, that attracts, similarises, and retains the external air.

2. transitive. To compare, liken (something) to or with another thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

1806 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 304 The twenty-fourth canto opens with a description of hoar-frost similarized to snow.

1853 Duffy's Fireside Mag. May 207/2 He wound up by similarising it [sc. the world] to the apple of the Dead Sea, rotten under its blooming surface.

1935 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 30 Nov. 12/2 The speaker..similarized the one [sc. generation] into which Jesus Christ came with the present generation.

1970 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Dec. 8/3 My father once told me that most plants can't be killed by ‘cutting off dem head’; instead, the roots must first be destroyed. I would like to similarize this with the crime wave.

3. transitive. To make (two or more things) similar; (sometimes also) to make (something) similar to another thing.

ΚΠ

1864 E. D. Mapother Lect. Public Health xii. 264 It would be most desirable that before the next Census..they [sc. the two schemes of nosology] should be similarized.

1896 Amer. Mag. Civics Oct. 285 The plan of nature is to differentiate men, not to similarize them.

1903 B. F. S. Baden-Powell War in Pract. iv. 117 [An] opponent..standing against the ordinary background, to which it is now the fashion to similarize the uniform.

1934 Charleroi (Pa.) Mail 1 Mar. 2/3 The program calls for a codification of the laws, practices and regulations of the departments of state to the various commonwealths with a view to ultimately similarizing them.

1991 D. McClelland Drawing on PC ii. 58 Another method for enhancing reality is to ‘similarize’ proportions of different objects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	similarize
释义	similarizev. Brit. /ˈsɪm(ᵻ)lərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɪmələˌraɪz/ Forms: 1700s– similarise, 1800s– similarize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: similar adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < similar adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier similize v. rare. †1. transitive. Apparently: to assimilate. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1768 Every Man his own Brewer 202 Yeast is an open spungy body, that attracts, similarises, and retains the external air. 2. transitive. To compare, liken (something) to or with another thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1806 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 304 The twenty-fourth canto opens with a description of hoar-frost similarized to snow. 1853 Duffy's Fireside Mag. May 207/2 He wound up by similarising it [sc. the world] to the apple of the Dead Sea, rotten under its blooming surface. 1935 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 30 Nov. 12/2 The speaker..similarized the one [sc. generation] into which Jesus Christ came with the present generation. 1970 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Dec. 8/3 My father once told me that most plants can't be killed by ‘cutting off dem head’; instead, the roots must first be destroyed. I would like to similarize this with the crime wave. 3. transitive. To make (two or more things) similar; (sometimes also) to make (something) similar to another thing. ΚΠ 1864 E. D. Mapother Lect. Public Health xii. 264 It would be most desirable that before the next Census..they [sc. the two schemes of nosology] should be similarized. 1896 Amer. Mag. Civics Oct. 285 The plan of nature is to differentiate men, not to similarize them. 1903 B. F. S. Baden-Powell War in Pract. iv. 117 [An] opponent..standing against the ordinary background, to which it is now the fashion to similarize the uniform. 1934 Charleroi (Pa.) Mail 1 Mar. 2/3 The program calls for a codification of the laws, practices and regulations of the departments of state to the various commonwealths with a view to ultimately similarizing them. 1991 D. McClelland Drawing on PC ii. 58 Another method for enhancing reality is to ‘similarize’ proportions of different objects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1768
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