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Webster 1913 Edition


Serpentize

Ser′pent-ize

,
Verb.
I.
To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.
[R.]
The river runs before the door, and
serpentizes
more than you can conceive.
Walpole.

Webster 1828 Edition


Serpentize

SER'PENTIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To wind; to turn or bend, first in one direction and then in opposite; to meander
The road serpentized through a tall shrubbery. Barrow, Trav. in Africa.

Definition 2024


serpentize

serpentize

English

Verb

serpentize (third-person singular simple present serpentizes, present participle serpentizing, simple past and past participle serpentized)

  1. (transitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
    The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive. Walpole.