epigrammatize

epigrammatize
/ep'i gram"euh tuyz'/, v., epigrammatized, epigrammatizing.
v.t.
1. to express in epigrams.
2. to make epigrams about (a person or thing).
v.i.
3. to make epigrams.
Also, esp. Brit., epigrammatise.
[1685-95; < Gk epigrammatízein; see EPIGRAMMATIC + -IZE]

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