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Webster 1913 Edition


Proverbialize

Pro-ver′bi-al-ize

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[Cf. F.
proverbialiser
.]
To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

Webster 1828 Edition


Proverbialize

PROVERB'IALIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make a proverb; to turn into a proverb, or to use proverbially. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024


proverbialize

proverbialize

English

Verb

proverbialize (third-person singular simple present proverbializes, present participle proverbializing, simple past and past participle proverbialized)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a proverb.
  2. (intransitive) To speak in proverbs.