单词 | synonymize |
释义 | synonymizev. 1. transitive. To give the synonyms of. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > be synonymous with [verb (transitive)] > give the synonyms of synonymize1614 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 42 This worde Fortis wee may synonymize after all these fashions, stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, couragious, aduentrous, &c. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 394 Our Common Garden Kind [of Snail] which I have Synonimized under No. 13. 2. intransitive. To be synonymous with. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > be synonymous with [verb (transitive)] synonymize1611 synonymize1938 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Rez Alluding to the signification of rez, wherewith Tondus almost synonymizeth. 3. To use synonyms; to express the same meaning by different words. Also in vbl. n.ppl. adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > be synonymous [verb (intransitive)] > use synonyms synonymize1700 1700 W. King Transactioneer ii. 36 He's as successful in his Descriptions as in his Synonymizings. 1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 20 17 To synonimize is to express one thought in different terms. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 44 694 The creation of new words, with its synonymizing tendency. 4. transitive. To furnish with lists of synonyms; to make synonymic.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1805 Perry (title) The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English Dictionary;..being an attempt to synonymise his [sc. Dr. Johnson's] folio Dictionary of the English Language. 5. a. To be synonymous with (a concept, phrase, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > be synonymous with [verb (transitive)] synonymize1611 synonymize1938 1938 S. Leslie Film of Memory v. 144 The old Baroness was very popular with the crowd and synonymised Victorian charity. 1947 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 44/2 As to in such senses..is defensible when it synonymizes in respect of or in the matter of. b. To regard (terms, concepts, etc.) as synonymous. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > be synonymous with [verb (transitive)] > regard as synonymous synonymize1970 1970 Nature 5 Sept. 1065/1 Hill's classification is not wholly in line with recent trends in primate systematics, which is to synonymize the species of Papio. 1976 Nature 5 Feb. 360/2 If we were now to start referring to cyanophytes as ‘blue-green bacteria’, we would implicitly synonymise the words ‘prokaryota’ and ‘bacteria’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1611 |
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